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He who is never ashamed of his country has as little patriotism as he who is never proud of his country.

— Frederick Augustus Voigt Pax Britannica (1949)

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Justice is not humane if it is never severe.

Pax Britannica (1949)

That the individual has any rights of his own, even the right to live, has no meaning at all to Lenin or Hitler.

Unto Caesar (1938)

Marxism has led to Fascism and National-Socialism, because, in all essentials, it is Fascism and National Socialism.

Unto Caesar (1938)

Lenin and Hitler are haters of freedom and—in so far as they are capable of love at all—they are lovers of intolerance. They wanted freedom to establish unfreedom.

Unto Caesar (1938)

The Marxist really believes that Marxism is ‘scientific.’ The National Socialist really believes that the Racial Principle has something to do with serious biology.

Unto Caesar (1938)

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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

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It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.

Arthur C. Clarke The Exploration of Space (1951)

Our country – In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right, and always successful, right or wrong.

Stephen Decatur

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

Barbara Ehrenreich

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