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We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilize

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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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

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Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. – Oscar Wilde

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Youre not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you cant face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it. – Malcolm X

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The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise. – Herbert Croly

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