Happy Fourth Of July

In celebration of the Fourth Of July, the date of our country’s independence, I offer up a few choice quotes on patriotism and some important links.

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-Jeff Meyers
Managing Editor

QUOTES AND LINKS

“A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country; who, as an agent in parliament, has, for himself, neither hope nor fear, neither kindness nor resentment, but refers every thing to the common interest”
-Samuel Johnson

“In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, Brave, Hated, and Scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot.”
-Mark Twain

“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.”
-Edward Abbey

“PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors.”
-Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

 

“The government is merely a servant — merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.”
-Mark Twain

The Declaration Of Independence

The Constitution Of The United States

The Bill Of Rights

The Emancipation Proclamation