The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

  • -- George McGovern 乔治·麦戈文

最高的爱国主义不是对官方政策的盲目接受,而是对祖国的热爱,这种热爱之深足以把她召唤到更高的境界。

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Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.

那些赢得我们独立的人…将自由视为目的和手段。他们认为自由是幸福的秘密,勇气是自由的秘密。

"My country, right or wrong" is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying "My mother, drunk or sober."

“我的国家,无论对错”,这是一个爱国者除了在绝望的情况下才会想到说的话。这就像在说“我妈妈,喝醉了还是清醒的”。