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爱国主义Nationality/Patriotism[英语名人名言]

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"What a glorious morning for America."

-- Samuel Adams, said to John Hancock following a battle

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.

-- Dave Barry

When nations grow old, the arts grow cold and commerce settles on every tree.

-- William Blake

As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan¹.

-- Count Galeazzo Ciano, The Ciano Diaries

Freedom is a contagious² blessing³.

-- Stephen Covington

I think there are only three things America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music, and baseball.

-- Gerald Early, writer, baseball documentary, 1994

America's one of the finest countries anyone ever stole.

-- Bobcat Goldthwait

Patriotism⁴ is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

-- Samuel Johnson

I have not yet begun to fight

-- John Paul Jones

Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.

-- Shane Leslie

From the Far East I send you one single thought, one sole idea--written in red on every beachhead form Australia to Tokyo--There is no substitute for victory!

-- General Douglas MacArthur

I shall return.

-- General Douglas MacArthur

Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.

-- General Douglas MacArthur

War is a profession by which a man cannot live honorably; an employment by which the soldier, if he would reap any profit, is obliged to be false, rapacious⁵, and cruel.

-- Niccolo Machiavelli

The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.

-- John Stuart Mill

The Middle Eastern states aren't nations; they're quarrels with borders.

-- P. J. O'Rourke

Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate⁶ sport fishermen.

-- P. J. O'Rourke

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard⁷ die for his.

-- General George Patton

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

-- George Santayana

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

-- George Bernard Shaw

If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.

-- Wilfred Sheed

America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.

-- Arnold Toynbee

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.

-- Typewriting exercise

Patriotism is the virtue⁸ of the vicious.

-- Oscar Wilde

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.

-- Oscar Wilde

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1 orphan
n.孤儿；adj.无父母的
参考例句：
He brought up the orphan and passed onto him his knowledge of medicine.他把一个孤儿养大，并且把自己的医术传给了他。 The orphan had been reared in a convent by some good sisters.这个孤儿在一所修道院里被几个好心的修女带大。

2 contagious
adj.传染性的，有感染力的
参考例句：
It's a highly contagious infection.这种病极易传染。 He's got a contagious laugh.他的笑富有感染力。

3 blessing
n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿
参考例句：
The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。 A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。

4 patriotism
n.爱国精神，爱国心，爱国主义
参考例句：
His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。 They obtained money under the false pretenses of patriotism.他们以虚伪的爱国主义为借口获得金钱。

5 rapacious
adj.贪婪的，强夺的
参考例句：
He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup.他吃燕窝汤吃个没够。 Rapacious soldiers looted the houses in the defeated city.贪婪的士兵洗劫了被打败的城市。

6 illiterate
adj.文盲的；无知的；n.文盲
参考例句：
There are still many illiterate people in our country.在我国还有许多文盲。 I was an illiterate in the old society,but now I can read.我这个旧社会的文盲，今天也认字了。

7 bastard
n.坏蛋，混蛋；私生子
参考例句：
He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。 There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。

8 virtue
n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力
参考例句：
He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。 You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

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