one's country
Example Sentences
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But in his writing and speaking, too, there is this sense of not just courage but obligation to one’s country and, beyond that, to one’s conscience.
From Slate • Feb. 20, 2024
Across much of the world, soldierliness is considered a virtue and fighting for one’s country a natural way to serve it.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2023
"Patriotism and the attitude to defending one's country are not related to the language you speak," argues Maj Deryugin.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2022
Patriotism is the love of one’s country; the passion that drives one to serve one’s country, either by defending it from invasion or by protecting its rights and maintaining its laws and institutions.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016
While they taught that duty to one’s country is the greatest thing, we already knew that death-throes are stronger.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
