A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.

  • -- William Ralph Inge 英格

一个国家是一个由对其祖先的错觉和对其邻国的共同仇恨而团结起来的社会。

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"My country, right or wrong" is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying "My mother, drunk or sober."

“我的国家,无论对错”,这是一个爱国者除了在绝望的情况下才会想到说的话。这就像在说“我妈妈,喝醉了还是清醒的”。

Patriotism does not oblige us to acquiesce in the destruction of liberty. Patriotism obliges us to question it, at least.

爱国主义不能迫使我们默认自由的毁灭。至少,爱国主义迫使我们质疑它。