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jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts) Wed Jan 24, 2018, 01:57 PM Jan 2018

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind."-Einstein

"Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind."-Einstein

I got nothing to add...it's Einstein after all....

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Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind."-Einstein (Original Post) jodymarie aimee Jan 2018 OP

Yeah, I have my students write essays based on this quote Bucky Jan 2018 #1

But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word... NeoGreen Jan 2018 #2

We should pledge allegiance to ideals, not our country Cicada Jan 2018 #3

Bucky

(53,947 posts)

1. Yeah, I have my students write essays based on this quote

Reply to jodymarie aimee (Original post)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 01:58 PM

Jan 2018

I teach government and history

NeoGreen

(4,031 posts)

2. But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word...

Reply to jodymarie aimee (Original post)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 02:04 PM

Jan 2018

“But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either: ‘my country, right or wrong’, which is infamous; or ‘my country is always right’, which is imbecile.”

Patrick O'Brian
Master and Commander Page 112

One of my favorite quotes.

But Ironically, so is the following translation of a Chinese poem:

Before my bed, clear moonlight
Frost on the floor?
Raising head, I gaze at the moon
Bowing head, think of my own country.

Patrick O'Brian
Desolation Island Page 171

Cicada

(4,533 posts)

3. We should pledge allegiance to ideals, not our country

Reply to jodymarie aimee (Original post)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 03:09 PM

Jan 2018

Patriotism probably causes as many wars as religion. It’s probably a bad idea.

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