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“Should we not begin to redefine patriotism? We need to expand it beyond that narrow nationalism which has caused so much death and suffering. If national boundaries should not be obstacles to trade-we call it globalization-should they also not be obstacles to compassion and generosity?”

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Author:Howard Zinn

“Patriotism at the expense of another nation is as wicked as racism at the expense of another race. . . Let us resolve to be patriots always, nationalists never. Let us love our country, but pledge allegiance to the earth and to the flora and fauna and human life that it supports - one planet indivisible, with clean air,... soil and water; with liberty, justice and peace for all.”

“The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.”

Source: The Complete Works of George Orwell: I belong to the Left: 1945

“Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?”

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Author:Blaise Pascal

“You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.”

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Author:George Bernard Shaw

“During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.”

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Book:Jesus and the Disinherited

Source: Jesus and the Disinherited

“The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.”

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Book:Leo Tolstoy: Letters and Papers

Source: Leo Tolstoy: Letters and Papers

“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”

Source: Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian

“In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.”

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Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

“Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.”

“The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.”

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Author:Bahá'u'lláh

“My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service.”

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Author:Smedley Butler

“The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?”

“Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for others is not love, love for one's country which is not part of one's love for humanity is not love, but idolatrous worship.”

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Book:The Sane Society

Source: The Sane Society

“No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.”

Source: WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES

“When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and you're going to get a concept that maybe this is really one world and why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent people?”