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Patriotism

Thursday 20th September 2007 15:24 in Human Relations

I don’t need to say much about patriotism when it has been said so well already, and by such esteemed figures:

“Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.”

Guy de Maupassant

“Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.”

Bertrand Russell

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

“Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.”

Albert Einstein

“Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.”

“You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.”

George Bernard Shaw

Patriotism is as senseless as religion. It is divisive and causes wars. If you must think in terms of “tribes”, it is far better to consider everyone as a member of your particular in-group. We are all human beings, and all human beings are unique individuals. Think in terms of the values and qualities of those individuals rather than in terms of nationalities.

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