patriotism
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Patriotism looks different when you know exactly what its absence costs, and you stay anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Patriotism was a central theme of Trump's speech, noting celebrations later this summer planned for the country's 250th anniversary.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
Fox News Books will release its seventh title of note on Tuesday — and it indeed has a telling title: “Unbroken Bonds of Battle: A Modern Warriors Book of Heroism, Patriotism and Friendship.”
From Washington Times • Jun. 26, 2023
Patriotism, she told Mr. Rodriguez, “is loyalty to your country, not to a single head of state.”
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2023
A great consensus was reflected in the statement of the Eighth Regiment’s black leader: “There is no color in patriotism. Patriotism is as deeply rooted under the black skin as under any other.”
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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