#riot

The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law and particularly to deny him the judgement of his peers is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#liberty #patriot-act #politics #freedom

The Patriot Act addresses various subjects. Some sections are beneficial and enhance our national security. ↗

— Mike Honda

#beneficial #enhance #national #national security #our

Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill. ↗

— Richard Aldington

#dunghill #his #nationalism #own #silly

The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins. ↗

— Clara Barton

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The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable... those aspects are too fundamental to ignore or gloss over. ↗

— Bernadine Dohrn

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Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. ↗

— James Bryce

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It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win the final battle. ↗

— Prescott Bush

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We hoped against hope that what we had been doing was enough to prevent a riot. It was not enough. ↗

— Jerome Cavanagh

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It is a high patriotic duty that we support and sustain the men who have been placed in position of difficulty, burden, responsibility, and even danger as the result of our suffrages. ↗

— Bainbridge Colby

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Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive. ↗

— Henry Steele Commager

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