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Everyone has heard of this 1775 quote from Samuel Johnson:
"Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel"
But it is not what it at first appears. He is not speaking against patriotism but against its exploitation by those whose motives are not what they seem. This longer quote from the same work gives a better idea of what he really means:
"A man sometimes starts up a patriot, only by disseminating discontent, and propagating reports of secret influence, of dangerous counsels, of violated rights, and encroaching usurpation. This practice is no certain note of patriotism. To instigate the populace with rage beyond the provocation, is to suspend publick happiness, if not to destroy it. He is no lover of his country, that unnecessarily disturbs its peace. Few errours and few faults of government, can justify an appeal to the rabble; who ought not to judge of what they cannot understand, and whose opinions are not propagated by reason, but caught by contagion."
"Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel"
But it is not what it at first appears. He is not speaking against patriotism but against its exploitation by those whose motives are not what they seem. This longer quote from the same work gives a better idea of what he really means:
"A man sometimes starts up a patriot, only by disseminating discontent, and propagating reports of secret influence, of dangerous counsels, of violated rights, and encroaching usurpation. This practice is no certain note of patriotism. To instigate the populace with rage beyond the provocation, is to suspend publick happiness, if not to destroy it. He is no lover of his country, that unnecessarily disturbs its peace. Few errours and few faults of government, can justify an appeal to the rabble; who ought not to judge of what they cannot understand, and whose opinions are not propagated by reason, but caught by contagion."
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