To be a patriot, one had to say, and keep on saying, Our Country, righ…

Mark Twain
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To be a patriot, one had to say, and keep on saying, Our Country, right or wrong, and urge on the little war. Have you not perceived that that phrase is an insult to the nation? ✨ Mark Twain, John S. Tuckey (1972). Mark Twain's Fables of Man, p.392, Univ of California Press
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