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A few thoughts on patriotism [1]
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Date: 2022-07-04
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. — Samuel Johnson
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. — Mark Twain
Patriotism is the virtue of the viscous. — Oscar Wilde
Patriotism is the conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were bon in it. — George Bernard Shaw
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them! — Albert Einstein
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. — Bertrand Russell
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else. — Clarence Darrow
Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. — Adlai Stevenson II
Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars. — Dale Carnegie
The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded. — Leo Tolstoy
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. — Voltaire
Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about. — Mark Twain
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