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To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely. - Edm

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely. – Edmund Burke

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The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him he indulges it, he loves it but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time. – Edmund Burke

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The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations. – Edmund Burke

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There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. Thats not the call of patriotism. – John Bolton

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What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country. – Joseph Addison

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Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous. – Jimmy Carter

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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 head is bursting with the joy of the unknown. My heart is expanding a thousand fold. – Rumi, translated by Shahram Shiva

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The precursor of the mirror is the mother’s face. – D.W. Winnicott, Playing and Reality, 1971

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My kids say if theres any family dinner that doesnt result in somebody crying, its not a good dinner. They cry because it helps relieve them of a guilt or some onerous emotional burden. Its like a family tradition. – William Shatner

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I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I dont regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be independent, go ahead. You cant have it all. – Lauren Bacall

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