In Dr. Johnson's Famous Dictionary Patriotism Is Defined As The Last Resort Of The Scoundrel.

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In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last
resort of the scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but
inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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