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The love of Americans for their country is not an indulgent, it is an exacting and chastising love they cannot tolerate its defects.

Jacques Maritain

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Jacques Maritain
Age: 90 †
Born: 1882
Born: November 18
Died: 1973
Died: April 28
Diplomat
Pedagogue
Philosopher
Writer
Paris
France
Patriotism
Tolerate
Americans
Cannot
Country
Love
Exacting
Indulgent
Defects

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