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annuin"It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad." - James Madison
"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." - Samuel Johnson, April 7, 1775
"Nationalism is our form of incest, is our idolatry, is our insanity. "Patriotism" is its cult. It should hardly be necessary to say, that by "patriotism" I mean that attitude which puts the own nation above humanity, above the principles of truth and justice; not the loving interest in one's own nation, which is the concern with the nation's spiritual as much as with its material welfare --never with its power over other nations. 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." - Erich Fromm
"Patriot : the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about." - Mark Twain
"'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'" - Gilbert K. Chesterton
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." - Benjamin Franklin
"We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech." - Benjamin Franklin
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else." - Teddy Roosevelt
Things said by former presidents, founding fathers, statesmen etc., that if said now would label you as unpatriotic if up to the likes of people like O'Reilley...
"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." - Samuel Johnson, April 7, 1775
"Nationalism is our form of incest, is our idolatry, is our insanity. "Patriotism" is its cult. It should hardly be necessary to say, that by "patriotism" I mean that attitude which puts the own nation above humanity, above the principles of truth and justice; not the loving interest in one's own nation, which is the concern with the nation's spiritual as much as with its material welfare --never with its power over other nations. 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." - Erich Fromm
"Patriot : the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about." - Mark Twain
"'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'" - Gilbert K. Chesterton
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." - Benjamin Franklin
"We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech." - Benjamin Franklin
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else." - Teddy Roosevelt
Things said by former presidents, founding fathers, statesmen etc., that if said now would label you as unpatriotic if up to the likes of people like O'Reilley...
