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Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

-Denis Diderot

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Denis Diderot

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

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I talk to groups studying the most advanced spiritual teachings and sometimes these people wonder why nothing is happening in their lives. their motive is the attainment of inner peace for themselves - which of course is a selfish motive. you will not find it with this motive. the motive, if you are to find inner peace, must be an outgoing motive. service, of course, service. giving, not getting. your motive must be good if your work is to have good effect. the secret of life is being of service.

We're being sold a brand new idea of patriotism. it never occurred to me that patriotism had to be advertised. patriotism is something you deeply felt. you didn't have to wear it on your lapel or show it in your window or on a bumper sticker. that kind of patriotism does not appeal to me at all.

There are these two kinds of patriotism. there's blind patriotism, unflagging patriotism. and then there's the patriotism that says i live in a democracy and it's very important for the health and the life of this democracy that it get better all the time, not get worse.

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By 'nationalism' i mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions and tens of millions of people can be confidently labeled 'good' or 'bad'...by 'patriotism' i mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be best in the world but has no wish to force on other people. patriotism is of its nature defensive, both militarily and culturally. nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the desire for power.

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