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I would remind my countrymen that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour.

Henry David Thoreau
Men, Patriotism, Firsts
Henry David Thoreau (2007). “My Thoughts Are Murder to the State: Thoreau's Essays on Political Philosophy”, p.31, David M Gross
I would remind my countrymen that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour.