What do we mean by patriotism in the context of our times? I venture to suggest that what we mean is a sense of national responsibility... a patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. 　　Adlai E. Stevenson 　　在我們時代的語境中，我們的“愛國主義”到底是什麼意思？我敢說，我們的 意思是一種對國家的責任感這種愛國主義不是短暫的、 狂熱的情感的爆發，而是安 靜而穩定的終生貢獻。 　　埃德萊 E. 史蒂文生 　　 　　Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy. 　　George Bernard Shaw 　　愛國主義是一種有害的、精神錯亂的白痴形式。 　　喬治肖伯納 　　 　　True patriotism doesn't exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others. 　　Queen Elizabeth II 　　真正的愛國主義不排斥對於其他人的愛國主義的理解。 　　伊麗莎白女王二世 　　 　　I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. 　　Edith Cavell 　　我認識到，愛國主義是不夠的，我還必須不對任何人心懷仇恨與抱怨。 　　艾迪斯卡維爾 　　 　　Patriotism is a arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. 　　George Jean Nathan 　　愛國主義是超越於原則之上的對於不動產的一種專橫的崇拜。 　　喬治簡納森 　　 　　Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. 　　Bertrand Russell 　　愛國主義就是積極地為了微不足道的原因殺人並被殺。 　　勃特蘭羅素 　　 　　I think patriotism is like charity -- it begins at home. 　　Henry James 　　我認為愛國主義就如慈善──它是從家庭里開始的。 　　亨利詹姆斯 　　 　　Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. 　　George Bernard Shaw 　　愛國主義就是你確信：這個國家比所有其他的國家都要出色，只因為你生於斯。 　　喬治肖伯納 　　 　　Patriotism: Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. 　　Ambrose Bierce 　　愛國主義。一堆隨時可以被任何野心家所點燃，去照亮他的名字的易燃垃圾。 　　安卜羅斯皮爾斯 　　 　　Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. 　　Samuel Johnson 　　愛國主義是無賴最後的避難所。 　　塞繆爾約翰遜 　　 　　Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors. 　　Arthur Schopenhauer 　　愛國主義，當它涉入認知領域時，是一個應該被扔出門外的混小子。 　　阿瑟舒本華 　　 　　You will never have a quiet world until you knock the patriotism out of the human race. 　　George Bernard Shaw 　　除非你把愛國主義從人類中驅逐出去，你將永遠不會擁有一個寧靜的世界。  　　喬治肖伯納 　　 　　You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it. 　　Malcolm X 　　不能允許你用愛國主義蒙蔽雙眼而不能面對現實。錯就是錯，不管是誰說的。 　　馬爾科姆X 　　 　　Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue. 　　Henry Bolingbroke 　　愛國主義必須建立在偉大的原則之上並以偉大的美德作為後盾。 　　亨利柏林布魯克 　　 　　Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil which makes their graves, but have no sympathy with the spirit which may still animate their clay. Patriotism is a maggot in their heads. 　　Henry David Thoreau 　　那些沒有自尊的人仍然可以是愛國的，他們可以為少數犧牲多數。他們熱愛他 們墳墓的泥土，但他們對那種可以使他們的肉體生機勃勃的精神卻毫無同情心。愛 國主義是他們腦袋裡的蛆。 　　亨利大衛梭羅 　　 　　A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. 　　George William Curtis 　　一個人的國家不是某一片土地，山脈，河流以及森林，而是一個原則；而愛國 主義就是對那個原則的忠誠。 　　喬治威廉科蒂斯 　　 　　Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. 　　Calvin Coolidge 　　愛國主義在美國是很容易理解的；它意味著用警惕你的國家的方式警惕自己。 　　 　　I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But I will venture to assert, that a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward. 　　George Washington 　　我無意徹底排斥愛國主義觀念。我知道它存在，並且我知道它在當前的爭端中 起到了相當的作用。但是我敢斷言，一場偉大持久的戰爭決不能僅僅靠這個原則來 支撐。還必須有對於利益或回報的預期。 　　喬治華盛頓 　　 　　Nationalism is our form of incest, is our idolatry, is our insanity. "Patriotism" is its cult. It should hardly be necessary to say, that by "patriotism" I mean that attitude which puts the own nation above humanity, above the principles of truth and justice; not the loving interest in one's own nation, which is the concern with the nation's spiritual as much as with its material welfare -- never with its power over other nations. Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for others is not love, love for one's country which is not part of one's love for humanity is not love, but idolatrous worship. 　　Erich Fromm 　　民族主義是我們的亂倫模式，是我們的偶像崇拜，是我們的瘋狂。“愛國主義” 是它的迷信崇拜。不必說，我所謂的 “愛國主義”態度將自己的國家置於人道之上， 置於正義與真理的原則之上；不是對某人自己國家的利益的熱愛，這種熱愛既關注 國家的精神財富也關注它的物質財富──從不以強力欺凌別國。僅僅愛一個個體而 排斥對他人的愛就不是愛，不把愛某人的國家作為對人道主義的熱愛的組成部分就 不是愛，而是偶像崇拜。 　　埃里克弗羅姆 　　 　　My country, always wrong. 　　Student Slogan 　　我的國家，總是錯的。 　　學生口號 　　 　　Our country right or wrong. 　　Stephen Decatur 　　我們的國家正確或錯誤。 　　斯蒂芬德凱特（美國海軍軍官） 　　 　　It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation. 　　Hilaire Belloc 　　有時需要為了國家利益撒彌天大謊。 　　海萊爾貝洛克 (1870-1953, 出生於法國的英國評論家, 詩人) 　　When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish. 　　 　　Lao-Tzu 　　當國家充滿衝突的時候，愛國者就很豐盛。（聖人不死，大盜不止。） 　　老子 　　 　　My country wrong or right, is like saying my mother, drunk or sober. 　　Gilbert K. Chesterton 　　我的國家錯誤或正確，就像說，我的母親醉酒或清醒。 　　吉爾伯特K. 切斯特頓 　　 　　Many a bum show has been saved by the flag. 　　George M. Cohan 　　許多無聊的做秀被旗幟所救。 　　喬治M. 科漢 　　 　　It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country. 　　Alfred Adler 　　為他的國家說謊是每一個愛國者的職責。 　　阿爾弗雷德阿德勒 　　 　　The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute. 　　James W. Fulbright 　　批評他的國家的公民是在含蓄地為國家作貢獻。 　　詹姆斯W. 富布萊特 　　 　　A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. 　　Edward Abbey 　　一個愛國者總是時刻準備反對政府、捍衛國家。 　　愛德華艾比 　　 　　The love of one's country is a splendid thing -- but why should love stop at the border? 　　Pablo Casals 　　對一個人的國家的愛是美好的事情──但為什麼愛要止於國界。 　　帕布魯凱瑟爾斯 　　 　　God and Country are an unbeatable team; they break all records for oppression and bloodshed. 　　Luis Bunuel 　　上帝和國家是一支不可被擊敗的球隊；他們打破了所有壓迫和流血的紀錄。  　　路易斯巴納爾 　　 　　The love of their country is with them only a mode of flattering its master; as soon as they think that master can no longer hear, they speak of everything with a frankness which is the more startling because those who listen to it become responsible. 　　Marquis De Custine 　　對他們來說，愛國不過是諂媚統治者的一種方式；只要他們認為統治者再也聽 不到，他們所說的一切馬上就驚人地誠懇，因為那些聽他們說話的人是可靠的。  　　卡斯汀侯爵 　　 　　Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it. 　　H. L. Mencken 　　任何時候當你聽到一個人說他愛他的國家，這是一個信號，表明他在期待為此 獲得報償。 　　 　　To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely. 　　Edmund Burke 　　要讓我們愛我們的國家，我們的國家應該可愛才行。 　　愛德蒙柏克 　　 　　My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right. 　　Carl Schurz 　　我的國家正確或錯誤；當它正確時，保持它的正確；當它錯誤時，促使它正確。 　　卡爾舒爾茨 　　 　　The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. 　　Thomas Paine 　　風華正茂的軍人、光彩照人的愛國者，在這樣的危機中，也會怯於為他的國家 服務；但是至今還能經受住考驗的人，理應受到人們的感激與愛戴。 　　托馬斯潘恩 由此可見，早在兩三個世紀前歐美國家的精英階層就已經把“愛國主義”從神壇上 拉下來了，在他們眼裡這種精神只不過是一面旗幟，一條紐帶，一個標記，利益一 致的人們藉助這一工具將資源聚集、整合到一處，實現共同的目標，僅此而已，不 必頌揚，無須神化。