Quote by S.I. Hayakawa
Patriotic societies seem to think that the way to educate school c

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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Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, “I have failed three times,” and what happens when he says, “I am a failure.” – S.I. Hayakawa

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If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it. – S.I. Hayakawa

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Those terrifying verbal jungles called laws are simply such directives, accumulated, codified, and systematized through the centuries. – S.I. Hayakawa

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The music industrys actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesnt it? – Ronnie James Dio

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Americas state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that treason is morally worse than murder or rape. – William Blum

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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. – Ambrose Bierce

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Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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