Patriotism, n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of anyone ambitious to illuminate his name.
In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel.
With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit it is the first.
-Ambrose Bierce, writer (24 Jun 1842-1914)
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