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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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A propensity to hope and joy is real riches one to fear and sorrow real poverty. – 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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It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me. – Ho Chi Minh

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Americas state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that treason is morally worse than murder or rape. – William Blum

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

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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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