"The soul and substance of what customarily..." - Quote by Mark Twain
The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice -- and always has been.
More by Mark Twain
“The trouble with the world is not that people know too little; it's that they know so many things that just aren't so.”
“There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.”
“The happy phrasing of a compliment is one of the rarest of human gifts, and the happy delivery of it another.”
More on Patriotism
“I am a citizen of the world first, and of this country at a later and more convenient hour.”
“Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.”
“I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.”
More on Morality
“If the people are governed by laws and punishment is used to maintain order, they will try to avoid the punishment but have no sense of shame. If they are governed by virtue and rules of propriety are used to maintain order, they will have a sense of shame and will become good as well.”
“Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.”
“Crime and punishment grow out of one stem. Punishment is a fruit that unsuspected ripens within the flower of the pleasure which concealed it.”