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If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm man

If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident. – Montesquieu

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It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me. – Ho Chi Minh

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