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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 man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century. – David Hume

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History
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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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Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence. – David Hume

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Death
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Patriotism
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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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Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about. – Mark Twain

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Patriotism

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism – how passionately I hate them! – Albert Einstein

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Patriotism

Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced. – Robert Walpole

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Let me remind you that nuclear disarmament is not just an ardent desire of the people, as expressed in many resolutions of the United Nations. It is a legal commitment by the five official nuclear states, entered into when they signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty. – Joseph Rotblat

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