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These manly sentiments, in private life, make the good citizen; in public life, the patriot and the hero.

James Otis
Hero, Citizens, Patriot
"James Otis: Against Writs of Assistance". James Otis' speech (February 1761), as quoted in William Tudor "James Otis's Speech on the Writs of Assistance", books.google.com. 1906.
These manly sentiments, in private life, make the good citizen; in public life, the patriot and the hero.