"Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."
― Adlai E. Stevenson
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― Adlai E. Stevenson
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More In Patriotism
- "They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead."― Henry A. Wallace
- "Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime."― George Borrow
- "I’m an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel."― George Galloway