It would, therefore, seem obvious that patriotism as a feeling is bad …

Leo Tolstoy
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It would, therefore, seem obvious that patriotism as a feeling is bad and harmful, and as a doctrine is stupid. For it is clear that if each people and each State considers itself the best of peoples and States, they all live in a gross and harmful delusion. ✨ graf Leo Tolstoy (1989). I Cannot be Silent: Writings on Politics, Art and Religion by Leo Tolstoy
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