"Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced."
-Robert Walpole
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"I will not attempt to deny the reasonableness and necessity of a party war but in carrying on that war all principles and rules of justice should not be departed from.“
-Robert Walpole
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"The very idea of true patriotism is lost, and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes. A patriot, sir! Why, patriots spring up like mushrooms!"
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"How sweet it is!"
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"We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack."
-Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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