Quote by Greil Marcus
Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of sufferin

Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them. – Greil Marcus

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It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the limits one is born to, and then to learn something of the value of those limits. – Greil Marcus

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No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy, shared hopes. – Greil Marcus

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I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. – Edith Cavell

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To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary… is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds. – Robert Jackson

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The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny. – David Hume

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I want to light the lights of patriotism. – Lech Walesa

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