Danh ngôn của Robert Walpole (Sứ mệnh: 9)

Oh, do not read history, for that I know must be false.
The very idea of true patriotism is lost, and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes. A patriot, sir! Why, patriots spring up like mushrooms!
It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot.
Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.