To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

—Edmund Burke

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About Edmund Burke

Portrait of Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke (; 12 January [NS] 1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish writer, philosopher, and politician who is widely credited as the founder of the cultural and political philosophy of conservatism. Regarded as one of the most influential conservative thinkers and political writers of the 18th century, Burke...

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All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

—Edmund Burke

He who wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

—Edmund Burke

You can never plan the future by the past.

—Edmund Burke

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

—Edmund Burke

Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.

—Edmund Burke

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A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against its government.

—Edward Abbey

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Q: What's the difference between religion and patriotism?
A: When a dog howls at the moon, that's religion. When a dog barks at a stranger, that's patriotism.

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I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.

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You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

—George Bernard Shaw

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He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.

—Albert Einstein

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