(344 quotes found)
“Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.”
Guy de Maupassant
“Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and dignity, and increases his arrogance and conceit.”
Emma Goldman
“Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country”
Calvin Coolidge
“Patriotism ruins history.”
Goethe
“Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.”
Dale Carnegie
“Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen”
Ambrose Bierce
“You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.”
George Bernard Shaw
“The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?”
Pablo Casals
“Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.”
Samuel Johnson
“Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.”
Bertrand Russell
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