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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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Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes. – Kjell Magne Bondevik

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We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us. – Francis John McConnell

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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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Theres intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism. – Michael Ignatieff

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Why is Cloud 9 so amazing? What is wrong with Cloud 8? That joke came off the top of my head, and the top of my head aint funny! – Mitch Hedberg

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