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A human being moved by such selfless love and charity does not pause to think whether the child is a family member or a close relative. When he rescues the child from danger, he does not even ask himself whether the child is his own or belongs to another." [13]: 143 Patriotism is used to dehumanize others whom we would naturally have empathy for.
The essay was written after the outbreak of the Second World War at a time when many of Orwell's circle had to reconsider their pacifist views. Orwell was eleven when the First World War broke out. Some of his recollections quoted in the essay he used in the novel Coming Up for Air published in 1939.
On the evening of 7 April 1775, he made a famous statement: "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel." [8] The line was not, as is widely believed, about patriotism in general but rather what Johnson saw as the false use of the term "patriotism" by William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (the patriot minister) and his supporters. Johnson ...
In a democracy, patriotism means loving your country because of its politicians sometimes, but despite its politics, always.
Americanism, also referred to as American patriotism, is a set of patriotic values which aim to create a collective American identity for the United States that can be defined as "an articulation of the nation's rightful place in the world, a set of traditions, a political language, and a cultural style imbued with political meaning". [1]
Podcaster and former Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe stars in Something to Stand For, a patriotic documentary film in which he tells unknown stories about legendary figures in American history.Reason's ...
An example of this phenomenon is the rise in patriotism and national identity in the United States after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] The identity of being an American is salient after the terrorist attacks and American national identity is evoked. [ 1 ]
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a warning on Tuesday that the United States must maintain "judicial independence" just weeks away from President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. ...