"It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended."
-Friedrich Durrenmatt
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"We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.“
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"Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason."
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"In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect."
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"Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality."
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"Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand."
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"A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory."
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"We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us."
-Francis John McConnell
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"These martyrs of patriotism gave their lives for an idea."
-Schuyler Colfax
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"Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It's all a bit silly."
-Will Thomas
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"There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism."
-Robert Charles Winthrop
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"The sight of nature fascinates, the family tie has a sweet enchantment and patriotism gives the religious spirit a fiery devotion to the powers that it reveres."
-Bruno Bauer
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"Unfortunately, our history has abundant examples of patriotism being used to hurt those who express views in disagreement with that of the majority."
-Vic Snyder
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