“The excessive regard of parents for their children, and their dislike of other people's is, like class feeling, patriotism, save-your-soul-ism, and other virtues, a mean exclusiveness at bottom.”
Thomas Hardy
“Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.”
Mark Twain
“He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead.”
Voltaire
“During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable, even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.”
Howard Thurman
“A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism”
George Orwell
