Well - Patriotism has its laws. And it also is a perfectly definite on…

Mark Twain
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Well - Patriotism has its laws. And it also is a perfectly definite one, there are not vaguenesses about it. It commands that the brother over the border shall be sharply watched and brought to book every time he does us a hurt or offends us with an insult. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.44, Courier Corporation
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