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Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.

— Khalil Gibran

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

— John F. Kennedy

I am a patriot: I want to help my country and help it grow.

— Jamie Dimon

What I can do for my country, I am willing to do.

— Christopher Gadsden

Basically I am a private individual who has concerns about his country and who has resources that give me the privilege - and responsibility - to do something to help my country if I can.

— Richard Scaife

I'm no parasite. I'm a poet who will bring honor and glory to his country.

— Joseph Brodsky

I have a responsibility to devote my energy to my country and my people.

— Chen Guangbiao

You try and help something, and later on it bites you, so it's a hard decision, but as a country, as a nation, people need our help.

— Mo Farah

You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it.

— Tommy Lasorda

I'm not a politician. I'm not a lawyer. I'm just a country boy.

— Max Burns

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.

— Orson Welles

✗Opposing Perspectives

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