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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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Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with the greatest avidity. – David Hume

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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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It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars. – Arthur C. Clarke

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Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous. – Jimmy Carter

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Many a bum show has been saved by the flag. – George M. Cohan

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The hand that rocks the cradle rules the nation and its destiny. – African Proverb

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