181 quotes found
“You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.”
“They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king.”
“A regime that wraps itself in the flag of truth fears truth most of all, for if its story is falsified to the slightest degree, its authority is gone.”
“They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.”
“A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril. ”
“What struck me as I began to study history was how nationalist fervor--inculcated from childhood on by pledges of allegiance, national anthems, flags waving and rhetoric blowing--permeated the educ...”
“There has seldom if ever a shortage of eager young males prepared to kill and die to preserve the security, comfort and prejudices of their elders, and what you call heroism is just an expression o...”
“A man who says that no patriot should attack the [war] until it is over is not worth answering intelligently; he is saying that no good son should warn his mother off a cliff until she has fallen o...”
“What makes a human being want to kill another who has done him no personal harm? Patriotism.”
“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
“More than anything, it is that sense - that despite great differences in wealth, we rise and fall together - that we can't afford to lose.”
“The deliberate habituation of patriotism has a bearing upon the problem of peace. Knowledge of other peoples will not bring harmony and mutual goodwill unless it is sympathetic knowledge, and, if i...”
“We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole worlda nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are not just Whores for power and oil, but killer whores ...”
“Patriotism can results in racism”
“I am terribly glad to be alive and when I have wit enough to think about it, terribly proud to be a man and an American with all the rights and privileges that those words connote. And most of all ...”
“In some country patriotism is shown only for cricket. When it comes to responsibilities they started blaming their own country, politician, people, and others. And ends up praising the western.”
“The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such mis...”
“Patriotism is about a desire for progress, not a yearning for repetition.”
“Sir, I had rather be right than to be President.”
“Sir, I would rather be right than to be President.”
