[Author Index]
[Date Index]
[Thread Index]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
RE: [ST] What is an American?
- Subject: RE: [ST] What is an American?
- From: "Rick & Joyce" <rnjwes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:52:22 -0700
In a previous email, BrettWilson21@xxxxxxx stated:
> A healthy dose of patriotism is a good but if you want to engage in such
> things there are plenty of sites and other outlets available.
Steve Lawler replied:
> "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."
--Samuel Johnson (English poet and critic, 1709-1784)
How about:
"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of
saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or
sober."
--G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
...or:
"When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am
fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
...or even:
"You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality.
Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it."
--Malcolm X (1925 - 1965)
- --Rick in Oregon
'01 Sprint ST
"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to
realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."
--Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
The ST/RS Mailing list is sponsored by Jack Lilley Ltd.
http://www.TriumphNet.com/st/lilley for more info
http://www.TriumphNet.com/st for ST, RS and Mailing List info
=-=-=-= Next Message =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
End of st-digest V2004 #582
***************************
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
End of Triumph ST/RS Digest
ST/RS Digest is sponsored by Jack Lilley Ltd.
http://www.TriumphNet.com/st/lilley for more info
http://www.TriumphNet.com/st for ST, RS and Mailing List info
This digest Copyright 1999-2002 TriumphNet.com