Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion, a sentimentality…

H. G. Wells
244 citations
Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion, a sentimentality of flag-cheering with no constructive duties. ✨ The Future in America: A Search After Realities. Book by H. G. Wells, 1906.
Hope Reading Time
31

More Author Quotes

...the voice was indisputable. It continued to swear with that breadth and variety that distinguishes the swearing of a cultivated man. ✨ H. G. Wells (2012). The Invisible Man, p.29, Courier Corporat … ▶
It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble. An animal perfectly in harmony with its environment is a perfect mechanism. Natur … ▶
One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good. ✨ H. G. Wells (2016). A Modern Utopia, p.57, H. G. Wells
Be a man!... What good is religion if it collapses under calamity? Think of what earthquakes and floods, wars and volcanoes, have done before to men! Did you think that God had exempted [us]? He is n … ▶
The study of Nature makes a man at last as remorseless as Nature. ✨ H.G. Wells (2009). The Island of Doctor Moreau, p.49, Broadview Press

Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion, a sentimentality of flag-cheering with no constructive duties. ✨ The Future in America: A Search After Realities. Book by H. G. Wells, 1906.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes