And whereas nationalism scoffs at the idea of international laws and regulations, patriotism seeks to create such. Let them take arms. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. “A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.” “Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.”
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It is the measles of mankind. “Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it....”
The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. “How long have you been away from the country?" “Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious” 40 Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes … It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.” Where's the harm in that? “So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbors. Welcome back. “All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.” The Soldier is also a citizen. “Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.” “We've got to have rules and obey them. “The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.”
“You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.” But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here.
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” “But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.” “If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.” “He saw that science had become as great a hoax as religion, that nationalism was a farce, patriotism a fraud, education a form of leprosy, and that morals were for cannibals” “MARAMI ANG MAY AYAW SA PILIPINAS, PERO WALANG NAGTATANONG KUNG GUSTO SILA NG PILIPINAS” Whereas nationalism still seeks power, honour, and glory through means that endanger other countries, patriotism knows that a country's strength and honour can only be permanently safeguarded through concourse with other countries.
What does it matter if its distinctiveness is lost?
“A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.” "Nationalism is an infantile disease.
... Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. “It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.”
“All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.” “Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule.”
“Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and dignity, and increases his arrogance and conceit.” What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? “The soldier is the Army. It is the measles of mankind." “Why must I cling to the customs and practices of a particular country forever, just because I happened to be born there? It is like saying, “My mother, drunk or sober.” Virtue Vicious.