Abuses of patriotism

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Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Abuses of patriotism Patriotism

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1778 1770s 18th century

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Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 7 Apr. 1778.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

I gave my life for freedom-This I know:
For those who bade me fight had told me so.

William Norman Ewer

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Abuses of patriotism Dying for one's country World War I War

Author

William Norman Ewer

Source

Five Souls

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1914 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Ewer, William Norman. "Five Souls." British Nation, 3 Oct. 1914, I. 5.

The love of our country, as the term has usually been understood, has too often been found to be one of those specious illusions which are employed by impostors for the purpose of rendering the multitude the blind instruments of their crooked designs.

William Godwin

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Abuses of patriotism Patriotism

Author

William Godwin

Source

An Enquiry Concerning Politicsl Justice

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1793 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Godwin, William. An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice and Its Influence on Modern Morals and Happiness. London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1793, bk. 5, ch. 16.

Current Citation

Godwin, William. An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice. Oxford University Press, 2013, bk. 5, ch. 16.