Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments - a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag!
The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.
The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion.
Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.
Every nation has a flag.
Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity.
Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny.
It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society.
It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.
The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength.