#patriotism

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

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One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism. ↗

— John Avlon

#confuse #partisanship #patriotism #sign

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#beneficent #come #courage #deity #develops

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#ephemeral #ever #motive #outlasts #particular

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

— Todd Gitlin

#come #patriotism #some #surpass #tribal

Without "the people," there is no country. ↗

— John David

#freedom #liberty #patriotism #politics #freedom

True patriotism is not worship of our nation but rather, in the light of our worship of the God of justice, to conform our nation's ways of justice. ↗

— Robert McAfee Brown

#inspirational #patriotism #inspirational

I advance in life, I grow more simple, and I become more and more patriotic for humanity. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#human-rights #humanity #patriotism #simplicity #life

This country, the Republic of Indonesia, does not belong to any group, nor to any religion, nor to any ethnic group, nor to any group with customs and traditions, but the property of all of us from Sabang to Merauke! ↗

— Sukarno

#religion

The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#patriotism #crime