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It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.

» Alfred Adler (1870-1937) Austrian medical doctor, and psychotherapist

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

» Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) American newspaperman and short-story writer

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

» Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) British logician and philosopher [Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950]

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

» Denis Diderot (1713-1784) French philosopher

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

» Edward Abbey (1927-1989) US Writerand environmentalist

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.

» George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright, critic, political activist

You will never have a quiet world until you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

» George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright, critic, political activist

A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

» George Santayana (1863-1952) American philosopher and poet Born in Madrid]

My country wrong or right, is like saying my mother, drunk or sober.

» Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) British journalist, novelist and poet ['Father Brown', 'Orthodoxy', 'The Everlasting Man']

''My country, right or wrong'' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying ''My mother, drunk or sober.''

» Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) British journalist, novelist and poet ['Father Brown', 'Orthodoxy', 'The Everlasting Man']

Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil which makes their graves, but have no sympathy with the spirit which may still animate their clay. Patriotism is a maggot in their heads.

» Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American naturalist, poet and philosopher, abolitionist

I think patriotism is like charity - it begins at home.

» Henry James (1843-1916) American author [American:1843-1915, British:1915-1916]

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 (1788-1860) German philosopher['Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung']

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

» Edmund Burke (1729-1797) British political writer

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.

» George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright, critic, political activist

I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But I will venture to assert, that a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided b

» George Washington (1732-1799) First President of the USA

He was inordinately proud of England and he abused her incessantly.

» H. G. Wells (1866-1946) British-born american Author

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.

» Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) American journalist, essayist, satirist and social critic

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