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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

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The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love. – Bertrand Russell

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Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an advance. Unfortunately it is the philosopher, not the protozoon, who gives us this assurance. – Bertrand Russell

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Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism – no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families. – Evan Bayh

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Love of country is like love of woman — he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good. – Felix Adler

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America beats on you so hard the whole time. You are constantly being pummeled by other peoples rights and their sense of patriotism. – Richard Ford

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Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. – George Jean Nathan

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