#otis

I'm not head-strong, and I'm not egotistical. I understand certain things better now. I won't be trying to be play everyday. There's only one Cal Ripken, one Lou Gehrig and one Joe DiMaggio. What is good for them isn't necessarily good for Eric Davis. ↗

— Eric Davis

#better now #cal #certain #certain things #davis

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#beneficent #come #courage #deity #develops

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

— Denis Diderot

#ephemeral #ever #motive #outlasts #particular

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. ↗

— Diogenes

#am #citizen #greek #i #i am

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#behavior #civilized #consider #contradicts #desirable

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country. ↗

— Sinclair Lewis

#america #any #better #country #emotionally

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them! ↗

— Albert Einstein

#goes #hate #heroism #how #i

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#come #patriotism #some #surpass #tribal

The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in the name of a wise, honourable and democratic patriotism. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#been #bush #democratic #fought #honourable

There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a way of life, and nationalism, which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#believe #between #deserves #distinction #fuzzy