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Quote by Wallace Shawn
Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel.

Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone elses? – Wallace Shawn

Other quotes by Wallace Shawn

I was making my living from a joke about my appearance that I didnt understand, and in a way still dont, because when I look in a mirror it doesnt seem funny to me. – Wallace Shawn

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funny
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Wallace Shawn
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You can go to a play that is enjoyable because its funny, and then on the next night you can go to a play thats enjoyable because its disturbing. – Wallace Shawn

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funny
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Wallace Shawn
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Were in an emergency situation. The United States has become an absolutely terrifying country, and I would hope that I could participate in some way in stopping the horror and the brutality. – Wallace Shawn

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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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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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What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country. – Joseph Addison

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A mans country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. – George William Curtis

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