Waving the flag with one hand and picking pockets with the other, that's your "patriotism."

Notorious

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Topic

Political cynicism Patriotism

Speaker

Alicia Huberman

Actor

Ingrid Bergman

Source

Notorious

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Spy (film) Spy

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Notorious. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, RKO Pictures/Vanguard Films, 1946.

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Another quote from the 1940s

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.

Simone Weil

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Topic
Nature of power

Author

Simone Weil
Language
French
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Weil, Simone. "L'iliade ou le poeme de la force [The Iliad, or The Poem of Force]." Les Cahiers du Sud, 1940.

Current Citation

Weil, Simone. "The Iliad, or The Poem of Force." Simone Weil: An Anthology, translated by Sian Miles. Grove Press, 2000.

Another quote about Patriotism

What pity is it,
That we can die but once, to serve our country!

Joseph Addison

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Topic
Serving one's country Citizen and state Patriotism

Author

Joseph Addison
Source
Cato
Medium
Play
Language
English
Time
1713 1700s 18th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Addison, Joseph. Cato. 14 April 1713, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1, l. 258.

Another quote from 1946

A lot depends on who's in the saddle.

The Big Sleep

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Topic
Sex
Speaker
Vivian Rutledge
Actor
Lauren Bacall
Source
The Big Sleep
Medium
Film
Genre
Film noir Crime (film) Crime
Statement Type
Sexual innuendo
Language
English
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Big Sleep. Directed by Howard Hawks, Warner Bros., 1946.