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“Patriotism is the surefire wingnut that binds our diverse society. Rulers historically used patriotism to manipulate the populous. Patriotism serves as the trump card to justify going to war and ma...”
“Patriotism, whether it is of the Western kind, or of the Eastern kind, is the same, a poison in human beings that is really distorting thought. So patriotism is a disease, and when you begin to rea...”
“The nationalism of a small nation can, with treacherous ease, become detached from its roots in what is noble and human. It then become pitiful, making the nation appear smaller rather than greater...”
“It's pathetic how a man can stand by and do nothing as a whole nation cleans out the garbage and makes itself great"-Hans Junior”
“There is no law by which to determine the superiority of nations; hence the vanity of the claim, and the idleness of disputes about it.”
“The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitud...”
“Ive never really understood national pride, or even ethnic pride. It should be more about pride at being a human and living on this planet with fellow humans surely, lets widen the parameters a bit”
“Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism. Both words are normally used in so vague a way that any definition is liable to be challenged, but one must draw a distinction between them, since...”
“Independence did not mean chauvinism and narrow nationalism.”
“I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism.”
“I don't think nationalism is alone holding the field it's in contention with a lot of different things. ”
“The sports pages are men's pages, although they are not presented as such. /.../ On foreign fields, the men win their trophies, or lose their honour, doing battle on the nation's behalf. The reader...”
“Nationalism is not the awakening of nations to self-consciousness: it invents nations where they do not exist.”
“Born in inquity and conceived in sin the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress.”
“In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of the absolute or totalitarian state and the glorification of war.”
“Today many of these selfish politicians are preying on the nation itself – (belching corruption and farting discontent!)”
“France bleeds, but liberty smiles, and before the smile of liberty, France forgets her wound.”
“Nationalism is power-hunger tempered by self-deception. Every nationalist is capable of the most flagrant dishonesty, but he is also — since he is conscious of serving something bigger than himself...”
“I’ve never really understood national pride, or even ethnic pride. It should be more about pride at being a human and living on this planet with fellow humans surely, let’s widen the parameters a bit”
