Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them! ~Albert Einstein
To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography. ~George Santayana
Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. ~Adlai Stevenson
The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one. ~William Shenstone
A private man, however successful in his own dealing, if his country perish is involved in her destruction; but if he be an unprosperous citizen of a prosperous city, he is much more likely to recover. Seeing, then, that States can bear the misfortunes of individuals, but individuals cannot bear the misfortunes of States, let us all stand by our country. ~Thucydides
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. ~George Jean Nathan
A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. ~William R. Inge |
