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"A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country; who, as an agent in parliament, has, for himself, neither hope nor fear, neither kindness nor resentment, but refers every thing to the common interest"
"On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit of the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
"Lethargy is the forerunner of death to the public liberty."
"Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel. He is the man who talks the loudest."
"I am so 100 percent Swedish... Someone has said a Swede is like a bottle of ketchup - nothing and nothing and then all at once - splat. I think I'm a little like that."
"The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism . . ."
"Of the many unforeseen consequences of typography, the emergence of nationalism is, perhaps, the most familiar"
"Laughter is America's most important export."
"Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion, a sentimentality of flag-cheering with no constructive duties."
"We would rather starve than sell our national honor."
"Our native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never never allows us to forget that we belong to it. [Lat., Nescio qua natale solum dulcedine captos Ducit, et immemores non sinit esse sui.]"
"No one is patriotic about taxes."
"Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars."
"Patriotism is a menace to liberty."
"Leo Tolstoy ... defines patriotism as the principle that will justify the training of wholesale murderers."
"Patriotism depends as much on mutual suffering as on mutual success; and it is by that experience of all fortunes and all feelings that a great national character is created."
"Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It's all a bit silly."
"I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country."
"Our country is wherever we are well off. [Lat., Patria est, ubicunque est bene.]"
"I want to light the lights of patriotism."
