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«To the memory of the Man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen»
«The last best hope of earth, two trillion dollars in debt, is spinning out of control, and all we can do is stare at a flickering cathode-ray tube as Ollie ''answers'' questions on TV while the press, resolutely irrelevant as ever, asks politicians if they have committed adultery. From V-J Day 1945 to this has been, my fellow countrymen, a perfect nightmare.»
Author: Gore Vidal
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a trillion, cathode-ray tube, cathode, cathode ray, countrymen, flickering, irrelevant, nightmare, Out of Control, ray, resolutely, stare, trillion, trillions, tube, V-J Day
«Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.»
«Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; / In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; / In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.»
Author: Bible
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Cold Water, countrymen, nakedness, painfulness, perils, robbers, rods, stoned, thrice, weariness
«PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom --and of whom only --it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.If that's an honor surely 'tis a greater To have been a simple and undamned spectator. Behold in me a man of mark and note Whom no elector e'er denied a vote! -- An undiscredited, unhooted gent Who might, for all we know, be President By acclimation. Cheer, ye varlets, cheer -- I'm passing with a wide and open ear! --Jonathan Fomry»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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acclimation, countrymen, Elector, electors, Gent, gents, Jonathan, positively, varlet
«Some of your countrymen were unable to distinguish between their native dislike for war and the stainless patriotism of those who suffered its scars. But there has been a rethinking [and] now we can say to you, and say as a nation, thank you for your courage.»
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