Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Our land is the dearer of our sacrifices. The blood of our
martyrs sanctifies and enriches it. Their spirit read more

Our land is the dearer of our sacrifices. The blood of our
martyrs sanctifies and enriches it. Their spirit passes into
thousands of hearts. How costly is the progress of the race. It
is only by the giving of life that we can have life.

Our country, however bounded.

Our country, however bounded.

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

My Palestinian intellectual friend tells me that he might
be willing to admit that God in Hebrew said Jews could
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My Palestinian intellectual friend tells me that he might
be willing to admit that God in Hebrew said Jews could
have Israel. But he said Allah did not speak it in Arabic
to the Arabs.
spoken on the Terry Gross Show
.. Arthur Hertzberg is a founder of the Jewish peace group
Peace Now and is the author of The Fate of Zionism.

Love of country is like love of woman--he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.

Love of country is like love of woman--he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.

They know no country, own no lord,
Their home the camp, their law the sword.

They know no country, own no lord,
Their home the camp, their law the sword.

We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and I
keep step to the music read more

We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and I
keep step to the music of the Union.