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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial re

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. – Bertrand Russell

Other quotes by Bertrand Russell

I’ve made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I’m convinced of the opposite. – Bertrand Russell

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Civilization
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Bertrand Russell
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Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other peoples happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race. – Bertrand Russell

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Happiness
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Bertrand Russell
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Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change. – Bertrand Russell

Category:
Change
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Patriotism
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Well try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail. – Dave Barry

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Patriotism

There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. Thats not the call of patriotism. – John Bolton

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Patriotism

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Patriotism

There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people. – George Galloway

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Patriotism

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Considering the way the world is, one happy day is almost a miracle. – Paulo Coelho

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A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. – Grover Cleveland

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These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Cant live with them, or without them. – Aristophanes

Category:
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A hug is like a bandage to a hurting wound. – Author Unknown

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