"Nationalism is our form of incest, is our idolatry,
is our insanity. ''Patriotism'' is its cult. It should hardly
be necessary to say, that by ''patriotism'' I mean that attitude
which puts the own nation above humanity, above the
principles of truth and justice; not the loving interest
in one's own nation, which is the concern with
the nation's spiritual as much as with its material
welfare, never with its power over other nations.
"Just as love for one individual which excludes the love
for others is not love, love for one's country which
is not part of one's love for humanity is not love,
but idolatrous worship." - Erich Fromm
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