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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Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose. – Frank Knox

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Patriotism knows neither latitude nor longitude. It is not climatic. – E.A. Storrs

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