Todd Gitlin's Quote - Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all

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Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some dont. – Todd Gitlin

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American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others – partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions. – Todd Gitlin

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Right now, we have no possibility of politics because we have a one-party state. – Todd Gitlin

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My position is not that John Kerry is either Jesus Christ or the prophet Mohammad. My position is that John Kerry is the possibility of restarting politics. – Todd Gitlin

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The hand that rocks the cradle rules the nation and its destiny. – African Proverb

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The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism. – Earl Warren

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

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Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose ethnic composition is taken for granted. – Michael Ignatieff

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