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Quote by David Hume
The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road

The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny. – David Hume

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Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches. – David Hume

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There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find every where those ideas which are most present to it. – David Hume

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But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We dont have something that I want to die for – anymore. – Jack Bowman

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It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens. – Bahaullah

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God and Country are an unbeatable team; they break all records for oppression and bloodshed. – Luis Bunuel

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I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision. – Dominique de Villepin

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