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Letter "P" » Patriotism
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«Patriotism has a lot to do with the success of the show»
«I would lay down my life to defend any one of the States from aggression, which endangered peace or threatened its institutions. I could do more for the union, but I wish to do more; for the destruction of the union would be the destruction of all the States. A stab in the heart is worse then a cut in a limb, for this may be healed.»
Author: Sam Houston
(General, Lawyer, Politician)
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Patriotism
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aggression, aggressions, defend, destruction, endanger, endangered, endangers, institutions, lay, lay down, the union, threatened, union
«Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.»
Author: Denis Diderot
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Patriotism
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aroused, ephemeral, motive, outlast, outlasted, outlasting, outlasts, scarcely
«Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.»
«Our purpose now is to reclaim democracy itself. We are here to affirm that when Americans stand up and speak their minds and say America can do better, that is not a challenge to patriotism; it is the heart and soul of patriotism.»
Author: Senator John Kerry
(Senator)
| About:
America,
Democracy,
Patriotism
| Keywords:
reclaiming, reclaims
«Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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Patriotism
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fever, fierce, headless, hen, hens, irrational, patriotism, pitiless, The Grave
«One of the great attractions of patriotism it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.»
Author: Aldous Huxley
(Critic, Novelist)
| About:
Cheating,
Patriotism
| Keywords:
attractions, bullied, Bullies, bully, bullying, fulfills, profoundly, vicariously
«Of the many unforeseen consequences of typography, the emergence of nationalism is, perhaps, the most familiar»
Author: Marshall McLuhan
(Educator, Social Reformer, Writer)
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Patriotism
| Keywords:
emergence, typography, unforeseen
«Our military deserves leadership that matches their service and patriotism. Getting our troops the pay raise they deserve is the very least we can do to show how much we value everything they do for us.»
«My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind»
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