The only true way to "support our troops" is to pray and work for peace in all things. -- Bill Purdin

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The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history. -- Woodrow Wilson

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My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober."
-- G. K. Chesterton

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My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. -- John F. Kennedy

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You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it. -- Malcolm X

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When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. -- Samuel Johnson

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When we see ourselves as citizens of the world, true patriotism will emerge.
-- Bill Purdin