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A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
Edward Abbey1927–1989A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)
- Government
I have not one drop of blood in my veins but what is American.
John Adams1735–1826To an ambassador (1785), as quoted in The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: Autobiography (1851), by Charles F. Adams, p. 392.
- America
The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending at all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.
Samuel Adams1722–1803Essay, written under the pseudonym “Candidus,” in The Boston Gazette (14 October 1771), later published in The Life and Public Services of Samuel Adams (1865) by William Vincent Wells, p. 425
- Liberty
How beautiful is death, when earn’d by virtue!
Who would not be that youth? What pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country!
Joseph Addison1672–1719Cato, A Tragedy (1713), Act IV, scene iv
- Life & Death
India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples.
Sri Aurobindo1872–1950January, 1921
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
Katharine Lee Bates1859–1929America the Beautiful (1895)In context
- America
O beautiful for heroes prov’d
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life.
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness,
And ev’ry gain divine.
Katharine Lee Bates1859–1929America the Beautiful (1895)In context
- America
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England’s mountains green,
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England’s pleasant pastures seen?
And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
William Blake1757–1827And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time (c. 1808)In context
- Religion
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
William Blake1757–1827And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time (c. 1808)In context
- Religion
I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In England’s green & pleasant Land.
William Blake1757–1827And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time (c. 1808)In context
- Motivation & Goals
Colombians! My last wish is for the happiness of the patria. If my death contributes to the end of partisanship and the consolidation of the union, I shall be lowered in peace into my grave.
Simón Bolívar1783–1830Final proclamation to the people of Colombia (10 December 1830), as quoted in Thomas Rourke, Man of Glory: Simón Bolívar (1939)
- Life & Death
If I should die, think only this of me:
That there’s some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England.
Rupert Brooke1887–1915The Soldier (1915)In context
- Life & Death
I feel that my duty has been faithfully, though it may be imperfectly, performed, and, whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the consciousness that I at least meant well for my country.
James Buchanan1791–1868Speech to Congress (8 January 1861).
- Presidency
There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
Edmund Burke1729–1797Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here;
My heart’s in the Highlands a-chasing the deer;
Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe,
My heart’s in the Highlands wherever I go.
Robert Burns1759–1796My Heart’s in the Highlands (1790)In context
- Nature