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> [America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/america-s-state-religion-is-patriotism-a-phenomenon-which-has/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

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## Other authors on Citizenry

## More by William Blum

> [The Soviet Union and something called communism per se had not been the object of Washington's global attacks. There had never been an International…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/the-soviet-union-and-something-called-communism-per-se-had-not-been/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [Terror is the poor man's war, war is the rich man's terror. Ultimately, all wars will end either in annihilation or at the negotiating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/terror-is-the-poor-man-s-war-war-is-the-rich-man-s-terror-ultimately/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/america-s-state-religion-is-patriotism-a-phenomenon-which-has/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [The "trickle-down" theory: the principle that the poor, who must subsist on table scraps dropped by the rich, can best be served by giving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/the-trickle-down-theory-the-principle-that-the-poor-who-must-subsist/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [A terrorist is someone who has a bomb, but doesn't have an air force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/a-terrorist-is-someone-who-has-a-bomb-but-doesn-t-have-an-air-force/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [From 1945 to 2003, the United States attempted to overthrow more than 40 foreign governments, and to crush more than 30 populist-nationalist movements fighting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/from-1945-to-2003-the-united-states-attempted-to-overthrow-more-than/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists-whatever else they might be-might also be rational human beings ; which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/what-our-leaders-and-pundits-never-let-slip-is-that-the-terrorists/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [Do you remember the classic example of chutzpah? It's the young man who kills his parents and then asks the judge for mercy on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/do-you-remember-the-classic-example-of-chutzpah-it-s-the-young-man/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [If love is blind, patriotism has lost all five senses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/if-love-is-blind-patriotism-has-lost-all-five-senses/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/propaganda-is-to-a-democracy-what-violence-is-to-a-dictatorship/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [The de facto censorship which leaves so many Americans functionally illiterate about the history of US foreign affairs may be all the more effective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/the-de-facto-censorship-which-leaves-so-many-americans-functionally/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [“The Empire would love to rip Ukraine from Moscow’s bosom, evict the Russian Black Sea Fleet, and establish a US military and/or NATO presence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/the-empire-would-love-to-rip-ukraine-from-moscow-s-bosom-evict-the/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [Why don't church leaders forbid Catholics from joining the military with the same fervor they tell Catholics to stay away from abortion clinics?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/why-don-t-church-leaders-forbid-catholics-from-joining-the-military/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [The leaders of the empire, the imperial mafia-George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Richard Cheney, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, et al.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/the-leaders-of-the-empire-the-imperial-mafia-george-w-bush-donald/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

> [“to the American power elite one of the longest lasting and most essential foreign policy goals has been preventing the rise of any society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blum/to-the-american-power-elite-one-of-the-longest-lasting-and-most/)

[William Blum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blum/)

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