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A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. ↗

— George William Curtis

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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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My dad became a soap opera actor, and I was an extra in a skating rink scene on the soap. I didn't audition. It was nepotism all the way. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

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These martyrs of patriotism gave their lives for an idea. ↗

— Schuyler Colfax

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I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world. ↗

— Eugene V. Debs

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If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about sex and find the explanation for everything in egotism. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

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I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally. ↗

— Tom Hooper

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It's just too egotistical to think that we are the only lifeform in the universe. ↗

— Kathleen Quinlan

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But let it not be said that we did nothing. Let not those who love the power of the welfare/warfare state label the dissenters of authoritarianism as unpatriotic or uncaring. Patriotism is more closely linked to dissent than it is to conformity and a blind desire for safety and security. Understanding the magnificent rewards of a free society makes us unbashful in its promotion, fully realizing that maximum wealth is created and the greatest chance for peace comes from a society respectful of individual liberty. ↗

— Ron Paul

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