#patriot

Mutual forbearance and reciprocal concessions: thro' their agency the Union was established - the patriotic spirit from which they emanated will forever sustain it. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

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A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own. ↗

— George Canning

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A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect. ↗

— Francois Fenelon

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The name America has definitely grown on me. I wish there was a big patriotic story behind it, but the truth is that my grandfather was a librarian who knew all sorts of random facts. ↗

— America Ferrera

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Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb Americans who love their country and hate the enemy. ↗

— Ann Coulter

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Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith. ↗

— Herbert Croly

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The average American is nothing if not patriotic. ↗

— Herbert Croly

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The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise. ↗

— Herbert Croly

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I'm an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel. ↗

— George Galloway

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The war, as I felt it and a lot of my compatriots felt it, was a creative act. ↗

— Lawrence Halprin

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