“The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny.”
— David Hume
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I am delighted with the strong vote
“I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people.”
— Michael D. Higgins
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I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism.
“I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.”
— Bob Dylan
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There is a fuzzy but real distinction
“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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A nation is a society united by
“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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There are others who aim at popularity
“There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism.”
— Jonathan Mayhew
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Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned
“Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose.”
— Frank Knox
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I want to light the lights of
“I want to light the lights of patriotism.”
— Lech Walesa
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We need a type of patriotism that
“We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us.”
— Francis John McConnell
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Americans admire a people who can scratch
“Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.”
— Richard M. Nixon
Author: Richard M. Nixon
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Patriotism, when it wants to make itself
“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
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
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