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Quote by Leo Tolstoy
The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, an

The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded. – Leo Tolstoy

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Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them. – Leo Tolstoy

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There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth. – Leo Tolstoy

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I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and wed all pull together. – Parker Stevenson

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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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Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. – George Bernard Shaw

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Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized. – Steve Allen

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