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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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Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge. – David Hume

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Knowledge
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David Hume
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The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue. – David Hume

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History
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Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. – Adlai Stevenson

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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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Well try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail. – Dave Barry

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I am not an Athenian or a Greek, I am a citizen of the world. – Socrates

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