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There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe shoul

There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a way of life, and nationalism, which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life. – 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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Freedom
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Todd Gitlin
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I dont for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of the 2000 election in the US and say that electoral politics doesnt matter any more, and that Ralph Nader was right when he said there is no difference between the two parties. – Todd Gitlin

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Politics
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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. – John F. Kennedy

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Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism. – George Orwell

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The values, the programs, the formula, the determination, and the patriotism responsible for Americas past success are still here to be tapped. – Michael Mandelbaum

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Youll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. – George Bernard Shaw

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