Quote: Mark Twain on Patriotism

1. Tempscire
   March 1st, 2008 at 3:35 pm

   Too bad too many people lose sight of this.

2. flareak
   March 1st, 2008 at 5:14 pm

   patriotism can be quite dangerous. you should read what c.s. lewis has to say about patriotism.

3. Johnald_Chaffinch
   March 1st, 2008 at 9:05 pm

   patriotism is evil, everyone's the same. flag obsessed idiots

4. B
   March 2nd, 2008 at 12:53 pm

   I would love to have this as a bumper sticker.

   Also, don't confuse "patriotism" with "nationalism."

5. tomtheman5
   March 3rd, 2008 at 12:08 pm

   How relevant!

   (for us Americans, at least...)

6. Art
   March 3rd, 2008 at 10:04 pm

   Interesting. Mark Twain ran out west to avoid fighting in the Civil War. Since he was from Missouri, a southern state, I wonder which country he "supported". Yeah, he wrote against slavery, but when the time came to make a stand, he fled.

   If it had been left to gutless malcontents like Twain, the Union would have been dissolved and millions of people would still be in bondage.

   Easy to mock patriotism when all you do is live off the sweat and sacrifice of others.

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