one's country
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It's title comes from a Latin phrase, meaning "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country".
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2023
Across much of the world, soldierliness is considered a virtue and fighting for one’s country a natural way to serve it.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2023
It was a moment of collective humiliation, to have to leave one’s country under these circumstances.
From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2021
Jackson’s next attack on the now-president wasn’t about fiscal policy or the duty to serve one’s country.
From Slate • Aug. 31, 2018
While they taught that duty to one’s country is the greatest thing, we already knew that death-throes are stronger.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
