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14 total sentences available.
Patriotism in its simple, clear and plain meaning is nothing other to rulers than an instrument for achieving their power-hungry and self-serving goals. To those who are subjected to them, it is a denial of human dignity, reason, and conscience, as well as a slavish submission of themselves to those who are in power.
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This decision was a self-serving measure designed to procure immunity from prosecution.
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This is a self-serving argument.
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He is very self-serving.
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