“Patriotism is the religion of hell”
James Branch Cabell
“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
“Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.”
Guy de Maupassant
“America's state religion, [is] patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that "treason" is morally worse than murder or rape.”
William Blum
“Priests are no more necessary to religion than politicians to patriotism”
John Haynes Holmes
