Quote by Adlai Stevenson
Do not... regard the critics as questionable patriots. What were W

Do not… regard the critics as questionable patriots. What were Washington and Jefferson and Adams but profound critics of the colonial status quo? – Adlai Stevenson

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[P]atriotism… is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. – Adlai Stevenson

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USA Patriotic
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Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set. – Adlai Stevenson

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car
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To me, there is something superbly symbolic in the fact that an astronaut, sent up as assistant to a series of computers, found that he worked more accurately and more intelligently than they. Inside the capsule, man is still in charge. – Adlai Stevenson

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I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally. – Tom Hooper

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Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism – and wars. – Dale Carnegie

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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. – Ambrose Bierce

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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else. – Clarence Darrow

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