patriotism

Only interested in himself and profiting from the war as an unscrupulous entrepreneur, and not in being a patriot: "I believe in Rhett Butler. He's the only cause I know. The rest doesn't mean much to me."

Disagreeing with the fervent patriotism of the Confederates: "I think it's hard winning a war with words, gentlemen. . . . I'm saying very plainly that the Yankees are better equipped than we. . . . All we've got is cotton and slaves, and arrogance." "I seem to be spoiling everybody's brandy and cigars and dreams of victory."

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

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

POPULIST, n. A fossil patriot of the early agricultural period, found in the old red soapstone underlying Kansas . . .

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 read to the torch of anyone ambitious to illuminate his name.

ITCH, n. The patriotism of a Scotchman.

DIPLOMACY, n. Lying in state, or the patriotic art of lying for one's country.