If patriotism were defined, not as blind obedience to government, not as submissive worship to flags and anthems, but rather as love of one's country, one's fellow citizens {all over the world}, as loyalty to the principles of justice and democracy, then patriotism would require us to disobey our government, when it violated those principles.
( Howard Zinn )
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