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Our country is the world, our countrymen are all mankind.

— William Lloyd Garrison

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Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.

William Lloyd Garrison 1805–1879 (1885)

We have a natural right, therefore, to seek the abolition of slavery throughout the globe.

I will say, finally, that I despair of the republic while slavery exists therein.

I have not come here with reference to any flag but that of freedom.

I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice.

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

Nathan Hale

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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