When with a rational spirit you have surveyed the whole field, there is no social relation among them all more close, none more dear, than that which links each one of us with our country. Marcus Tullius Cicero. De Officiis. Book 1. Section 57.
Image: Triumph of Furius Camillus by Francesco Salviati, Fresco on the east wall of the Sala dell'Udienza, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Camillus was the first Roman to be awarded the title pater patriae after he led forces that defeated the Gallic army led by Brennus that had sacked Rome. Camillus declared "not with gold, but with iron, will the fatherland be regained!"
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