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Patriotism is
the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
-- Bertrand Russell
1872-1970, British
Philosopher, Mathematician, Essayist
A man's feet
must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey
the world.
-- George Santayana
1863-1952, American
Philosopher, Poet
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
1788-1860, German Philosopher
Breathes there
the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
-- Sir Walter Scott
1771-1832, British Novelist,
Poet
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Patriotism is your conviction that this country
is superior to all other countries because you
were born in it.
-- George Bernard
Shaw
1856-1950,
Irish-born British Dramatist
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of
idiocy.
-- George Bernard
Shaw
1856-1950,
Irish-born British Dramatist
You will never have a quiet world until you
knock the patriotism out of the human race.
-- George Bernard
Shaw
1856-1950,
Irish-born British Dramatist
What do we mean by patriotism in the context of
our times? I venture to suggest that what we
mean is a sense of national responsibility... a
patriotism which is not short, frenzied
outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and
steady dedication of a lifetime.
-- Adlai E.
Stevenson
1900-1965,
American Lawyer, Politician
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