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A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. – William R. Inge

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The love of their country is with them only a mode of flattering its master; as soon as they think that master can no longer hear, they speak of everything with a frankness which is the more startling because those who listen to it become responsible. – Marquis De Custine

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