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There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.

— Robert Charles Winthrop Letter to Boston Commercial Club (1879)

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The poor must be wisely visited and liberally cared for, so that mendicity shall not be tempted into mendacity, nor want exasperated into crime.

Yorktown Oration (1881)

A star for every State, and a State for every star.

Men, in a word, must necessarily be controlled, either by a power within them, or by a power without them; either by the Word of God, or by the strong arm of man; either by the Bible, or by the bayonet.

Our Country,—whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or however otherwise bounded or described, and be the measurements more or less,—still our Country, to be cherished in all our hearts, to be defended by all our hands.

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

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

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

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