#patriotism

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. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#wit #wit

Identification with the rag called the national flag is an emotional and sentimental factor and for that factor you are willing to kill another - and that is called, the love of your country, love of the neighbor . . .? One can see that where sentiment and emotion come in, love is not. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#love

Patriotism is the religion of hell. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#patriotism #religion

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? ↗

— Pablo Casals

#border #country #love #should #splendid

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#america #country #easy #looking #means

Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility that if you worked real hard, and you loved something, you could become successful. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#become #came #could #country #exciting

The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it? ↗

— Ronnie James Dio

#been #degree #driven #greed #industry

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#all-around #dissent #duty #matter #often

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#disease #infantile #mankind #measles #nationalism

The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism. ↗

— Earl Warren

#failure #found #imperatives #internationalism #most