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In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to woo the Religious Right. Few of Lincoln's countrymen knew anything at all of his religious beliefs.

~David Herbert Donald

Topics: Affair Anything Attempts Beliefs Countrymen Day Few His Knew Lincoln Meetings Prayer President Private Public Religion Religious Religious Beliefs Religious Right Right Very Were Woo

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I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character, and I cannot help it.

~Douglas Hyde

Topics: Always Cannot Celtic Character Countrymen Disliked English Felt Help Hundreds Hundreds Of Thousands Liked Nation National Subject Thousands Trait Who

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Being a patriot doesn't mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to protect your Constitution, knowing when to protect your countrymen, from the violations of and encroachments of adversaries. And those adversaries don't have to be foreign countries.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: Above Adversaries Being Constitution Countries Country Countrymen Else Foreign Foreign Countries Government Knowing Mean Means Patriot Protect Service Those Violations Your

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When Libya was in turmoil in 2011, the Chinese public was surprised to discover that more than thirty thousand of their countrymen were living there, most of them working on Chinese-run oil projects.

~Evan Osnos

Topics: Chinese Countrymen Discover Libya Living More Most Oil Projects Public Surprised Than Them Thirty Thousand Turmoil Were Working

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My countrymen: we have reached a turning point in our history. The choice is yours. Shall we venture into this brave new world, bright with possibilities, or retreat to the safety of our familiar but sterile past? I am for crossing the frontier.

~Ferdinand Marcos

Topics: Am Brave Brave New World Bright Choice Countrymen Crossing Familiar Frontier History New New World Our Past Point Possibilities Reached Retreat Safety Shall Sterile Turning Turning Point Venture World Yours I Am

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I feel it is my first duty to make an unprecedented compact with my countrymen. Not an inaugural address, not a fireside chat, not a campaign speech - just a little straight talk among friends.

~Gerald R. Ford

Topics: Address Among Campaign Chat Compact Countrymen Duty Feel First Friends Just Little Make Speech Straight Talk Unprecedented I Feel

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