Government Quote by Howard Zinn

“When civilians kill, it is called murder. When governments kill, it is called patriotism.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

— Bertrand Russell

Patriotism is the principle that will justify the training of wholesale murderers.

— Leo Tolstoy

“What makes a human being want to kill another who has done him no personal harm? Patriotism.”

— Theresa Breslin

Patriotism is the belief that not all human lives are worth the same.

— Tao Lin

Leo Tolstoy ... defines patriotism as the principle that will justify the training of wholesale murderers.

— Emma Goldman

“What, then, is patriotism? “Patriotism, sir, is the last resort of scoundrels,” said Dr. Johnson. Leo Tolstoy, the greatest anti-patriot of our times, defines…

— Emma Goldman

As I said before, [patriotism] is distinct from acting to benefit the government - a distinction that's increasingly lost today.

— Edward Snowden

[The pamphlet] was very patriotic. That is, it talked about killing foreigners.

— Terry Pratchett

For us, patriotism is the same as the love of humanity.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“[Patriotism] is in itself a kind of religion: it does not reason, but it acts from the impulse of faith and sentiment.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Patriotism is a word which represents a noble idea.

— Napoleon Bonaparte