Robert G Ingersoll :
Each nation has created a god, and the god has always resembled his creators. He hated and loved what they hated and loved, and he invariably found on the side of those in power. Each god was intensely patriotic, and detested all nations but his own.
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Patriotism
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Love
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Power
Gift it
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