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If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm man

If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident. – Montesquieu

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

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Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. – Albert Einstein, The World As I See It, 1934

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

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It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because theyre not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans. – Eric Hobsbawm

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