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sunflowerbs2003
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"When called upon by their government, individuals are morally obligated to risk their lives for their country". iam pro
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Jan M
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Some quotes from 1905 history book:
"When the country has been in peril in time of war the American youth has been ever ready, and is and ever will be ready, to respond to the call, even if the extremist sacrifice demanded.
When duty whispers low, “Thou must.”
The youth replies, “I can.”"
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The young American must as a citizen be an American indeed, in spirit, purpose, and hope; he must "prove by his endeavor" that he is a man able to hold his own in the rough work of the world, fearless on behalf of the right, resolute never to flinch before the forces of evil; and finally, by his life he must show his conviction that all else is useless if he does not build on the foundations of those basic virtues which lie deep in the character of every nation that really deserves to be called great."
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"The good citizen must in the first place recognize what he owes his fellow citizens. If he is worthy to live in a free republic, he must keep before his eyes his duty to the nation of which he forms a part. He must keep himself informed and he must know how to express his thoughts. He must possess an intelligent opinion upon the issues that arise; for in a government like ours the fool is only less harmful than the knave. Above all, he must be, in the truest sense of the word, deeply and broadly patriotic. There must be nothing narrow in his patriotism. The welfare of the whole country must be dear to him; and he will have but a poor soul if he can ever see the flag without feeling a thrill at the thought of all that the flag implies."
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"He must remember that in the last resort it will be his plain duty, if the emergency arises, to take arms in defense of the law, in defense of the country. The weakling and the coward have no place in our public life or in our private life; it is the duty of every decent man not only to stand up valiantly for the right, but to war mericilessly upon the wrong."
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"The American, now entering upon his duties of citizenship, holds in his hands the fate of the coming years. With him it rests to decide the failure or success of the tremendous experiement begun by Washington. He must work out the future of our country; he must carry on the government planned by the wisdom of great statesmen, founded and saved by the valor of great soldiers. No material prosperity, important though material prosperity be, will by itself avail if as a nation we lose the virile, fighting virtues, or that regard for character and honr and probity which alone can keep a race almighty."
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"When the country has been in peril in time of war the American youth has been ever ready, and is and ever will be ready, to respond to the call, even if the extremist sacrifice demanded.
When duty whispers low, “Thou must.”
The youth replies, “I can.”"
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The young American must as a citizen be an American indeed, in spirit, purpose, and hope; he must "prove by his endeavor" that he is a man able to hold his own in the rough work of the world, fearless on behalf of the right, resolute never to flinch before the forces of evil; and finally, by his life he must show his conviction that all else is useless if he does not build on the foundations of those basic virtues which lie deep in the character of every nation that really deserves to be called great."
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"The good citizen must in the first place recognize what he owes his fellow citizens. If he is worthy to live in a free republic, he must keep before his eyes his duty to the nation of which he forms a part. He must keep himself informed and he must know how to express his thoughts. He must possess an intelligent opinion upon the issues that arise; for in a government like ours the fool is only less harmful than the knave. Above all, he must be, in the truest sense of the word, deeply and broadly patriotic. There must be nothing narrow in his patriotism. The welfare of the whole country must be dear to him; and he will have but a poor soul if he can ever see the flag without feeling a thrill at the thought of all that the flag implies."
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"He must remember that in the last resort it will be his plain duty, if the emergency arises, to take arms in defense of the law, in defense of the country. The weakling and the coward have no place in our public life or in our private life; it is the duty of every decent man not only to stand up valiantly for the right, but to war mericilessly upon the wrong."
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"The American, now entering upon his duties of citizenship, holds in his hands the fate of the coming years. With him it rests to decide the failure or success of the tremendous experiement begun by Washington. He must work out the future of our country; he must carry on the government planned by the wisdom of great statesmen, founded and saved by the valor of great soldiers. No material prosperity, important though material prosperity be, will by itself avail if as a nation we lose the virile, fighting virtues, or that regard for character and honr and probity which alone can keep a race almighty."
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