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Samuel Johnson1 quote
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. — Samuel Johnson · 1778William Godwin1 quote
The love of our country, as the term has usually been understood, has too often been found to be one of those specious illusions which are employed by impostors for the purpose of rendering the multitude the blind instruments of their crooked designs. — William Godwin · 1793William Norman Ewer1 quote
I gave my life for freedom-This I know:
For those who bade me fight had told me so. — William Norman Ewer · 1914