who say it was a good thing to die for are Country?

Question

it was a man that said it

Answer 1

General George Patton
"The point is not to die for your country, but to make the other poor bastard die for his country."

Answer 2

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori is a line from the Roman lyrical poet Horace's Odes (iii 2.13). The line can be rendered in English as: "It is sweet and becoming to die for one's country," or: "It is sweet and seemly to die for one's country." The other versions come from this.

Answer 3

You may be thinking of Nathan Hale.

Nathan Hale is famous for saying the dying words of " I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country". He was hanged by the British during the american revolution.