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  • Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims, and a renunciation of human dignity, common sense, and conscience by the governed, and a slavish submission to those who hold power. That is what is really preached wherever patriotism is championed. Patriotism is slavery.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Leo Tolstoy Quotes , War Quotes , Government Quotes
  • I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Mom Quotes , War Quotes
  • Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today. It's been that way all this year. It's been that way so many times. All of war is that way.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ernest Hemingway Quotes , War Quotes , Years Quotes
  • War is a dead end, literally. And, what is more, we simply can't afford it. Not morally, and not financially. How long will it take the citizens of the United States, one wonders, to recognize that the house their country bombed in Iraq is the same one they were living in until it was foreclosed?
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Alice Walker Quotes , Country Quotes , War Quotes