My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism a love of Australia… a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian.
Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's?
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The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought – at least by Americans – in the name of a wise honourable and democratic patriotism.