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Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.
Daniel Webster1782–1852Address on Laying the Cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument (1825), p. 78
- America
When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once-glorious Union; on states dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Daniel Webster1782–1852Second Reply to Hayne (1830)
- America
Our true nationality is mankind.
H. G. Wells1866–1946The Outline of History (1920), Ch. 41
It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.
E. B. White1899–1985“Intimations” (December 1941)
- Comedy
“Shoot, if you must, this old gray head,
But spare your country’s flag,” she said.
John Greenleaf Whittier1807–1892Barbara Frietchie (1863)In context
- Courage
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900
Patriotism is the vice of nations.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
I yield to no one precedence in love for the South. But because I love the South, I rejoice in the failure of the Confederacy.
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Essay on John Bright, Virginia University Magazine, 19:354-370 (March 1880)
The supreme test of the nation has come. We must all speak, act, and serve together!
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Proclamation to the American People (15 April 1917)
We must be free or die, who speak the tongue
That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold
Which Milton held.
William Wordsworth1770–1850It Is Not to Be Thought Of, l. 11 (1807)
- Freedom
Milton! thou should’st be living at this hour:
England hath need of thee
William Wordsworth1770–1850London, 1802 (1807)In context
- Poetry