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(47,245 posts) Mon Sep 25, 2017, 11:29 AM Sep 2017

1775 statement from a British writer that sums up Trump... [View all]

Samuel Johnson printed The Patriot, a critique of what he viewed as false patriotism. On the evening of 7 April 1775, he made the famous statement, "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel."

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1775 statement from a British writer that sums up Trump... [View all] Archae Sep 2017 OP

It seems that in America, patriotism is the ONLY refuge of scoundrels. Aristus Sep 2017 #1

Actually, Johnson was only partly right. Archae Sep 2017 #3

You're forgetting religion. nt eppur_se_muova Sep 2017 #4

They cower behind the flag to pretend they are patriots.... Historic NY Sep 2017 #2