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“'patriotism,' i.e., a willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.” Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays
“Patriotism, on the other hand, 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.” Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays
“What a strange development of patriotism that turns a thinking being into a loyal machine!” Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays
“Yet our hearts swell with pride at the thought that America is becoming the most powerful nation on earth, and that it will eventually plant her iron foot on the necks of all other nations. Such is the logic of patriotism.” Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays
“This patriotism is sometimes stimulated by religious enthusiasm, and then it is capable of making the most prodigious efforts. It is in itself a kind of religion; it does not reason, but it acts from the impulse of faith and of sentiment.” Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
“I must say I think patriotism is like charity—it begins at home.” Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
“And for morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.” William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience
“I doubt whether patriotism can stand the wear and tear and temptation of the front benches in the House of Commons.” Anthony Trollope, Phineas Redux
“Heroism by order, senseless violence, and all the pestilent nonsense that does by the name of patriotism—how I hate them!” Albert Einstein, The world as I see it
“PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.” Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
“The parents of rich kids tended to be more patriotic because they had more to lose if the country went under.” Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye
“I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son
“As the wine went down in the bottles, patriotism arose in the three men.” John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat

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