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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That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another. – Adlai Stevenson

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The New Dealers have all left Washington to make way for the car dealers. – Adlai Stevenson

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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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Who saves his country violates no law. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some dont. – Todd Gitlin

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I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism. – Bob Riley

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Ive always had questions about what it meant to be a protester, to be in the minority. Are the people who are trying to find peace, who are trying to have the Constitution apply to everybody, are they really the radicals? Were not protesting from the outside. Were inside. – Gil Scott-Heron

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