#trio

There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism. ↗

— John Bolton

#antithetical #call #career #fundamentally #help

Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime. ↗

— George Borrow

#best #country #crime #god #love

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#exists #form #his #language #only

On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

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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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The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree. ↗

— Thomas Campbell

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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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I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. ↗

— Edith Cavell

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Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today. ↗

— Mike Ferguson

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