Meaning of summer soldier | Babel Free

Definitions

A person who fights for a cause only when to do so is easy and costs little.

Examples

“The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”

“We want to assure you, however, that we are not summer soldiers, and we know that you are not a summer soldier. The fight for human rights, for freedom ... will go on.”

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