Mao Zedong on patriotism

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

Every Communist must grasp the truth: Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Marxism comprises many principles, but in the final analysis they can all be brought back to a single sentence: it is right to rebel.

Ask not what your country can do for you⁠—ask what you can do for your country.

John F. Kennedy1917–1963John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address (1961)

‘My country, right or wrong’ is a thing that no patriot would think of saying, except in a desperate case. It is like saying, ‘My mother, drunk or sober’.

G. K. Chesterton1874–1936The Defendant (1901), “A Defence of Patriotism”

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Oscar Wilde1854–1900