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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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There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a way of life, and nationalism, which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life. – Todd Gitlin

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Patriotic societies seem to think that the way to educate school children in a democracy is to stage bigger and better flag-saluting. – S.I. Hayakawa

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They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead. – Henry A. Wallace

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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. – Charles de Gaulle

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