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Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserve it.” - Mark Twain
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Respectfully submitted for your approval :
PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors.
PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first.
- Ambrose Bierce - The Devil's Dictionary
http://www.thedevilsdictionary.com/
Ambrose Bierce was a Union Army veteran who's bio is worth a look.