~ Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country. ~
~ To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography. ~
~ Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. ~
~ Patriotism is fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone and as irrational as a headless hen. ~
~ Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. ~
~ Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. ~
~ Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched. ~
~ You’ll never have a quiet world until you knock the patriotism out of the human race. ~
~ Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. ~
~ It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. ~
~ Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism. ~
~ Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors. ~