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Were America’s Founders Altruistic Patriots?

by Bob Johnson

On this 4th of July we need to reflect on important ideas.
The bulk of the American people love to talk and feel “patriotic.” They never seem to tire of waving American flags and sticking “I support our troops” stickers on their vehicles. They feel these are signs of their patriotism. But what does the word patriotism mean? Does it mean the same thing to Americans today as it did to the people who struggled and fought to create the nation known as the United States of America? Perhaps, the founders and fighters who made certain the American Revolution was carried out successfully were more concerned with natural progress than they were with patriotism.

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