Word: patriotism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was nothing noble about John Wilkes, who was turned into a patriot by his own rashness, and into a hero by his enemies' folly. As he confessed, he was not himself a "Wilkite," not a republican -though he grew, with time, into a true champion of liberty and progress. But the case transcended the man.* It became one of those symbolic agitations that arouse a whole people who have been brooding over their wrongs to a furious defense of their rights...
...lawyer, he went to Moscow University's Jurisprudence School, changed his mind after graduating, became a monk instead. A bishop since 1913, Alexei became Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod in 1933 during the church's dark days. Ten years later he gained fame as a great Soviet patriot and received the Defense of Leningrad Medal for refusing to leave the besieged city...
...fear facing a firing squad," he cried. "If I had to do it again, I would." He retracted nothing, not even his 1941 words-"De Gaulle is a traitor who commands the scum of the world." He thumped the ledge of the prisoners' dock, proclaimed himself a "patriot," read a seven-hour political harangue against every act of the Third Republic. The court listened wearily...
...robes, painted allegorical pictures, strongly influenced by William Blake's, in which vague, shapely nudes emerged from misty backgrounds. He spoke in solemnly portentous phrases: "We have eternity. . . ." "The soul is mightier than space...." "Silence is one of the mysteries of love. . . ." He was also a practical Lebanese patriot, who planned reforestation and irrigation projects for his native land...
...People of the Philippines, I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil. ... At my side is your president, Sergio Osmeña, worthy successor to that great patriot, Manuel Quezon, with members of his cabinet. The seat of your government is therefore now firmly re-established on Philippine soil. . . . Rally to me. . . . Let every arm be steeled. The guidance of Divine God points the way. Follow in His name to the Holy Grail of righteous victory...