#patriotism

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

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The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in the name of a wise, honourable and democratic patriotism. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

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There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a way of life, and nationalism, which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

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There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism. ↗

— Jonathan Mayhew

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The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain. ↗

— George McGovern

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Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a 'universal' without patriotism, without home, who has found his people everywhere. ↗

— Chaim Potok

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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. ↗

— Mark Twain

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Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation. ↗

— Jane Addams

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There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism. ↗

— Robert Charles Winthrop

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