Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.


Observations on the Drawing Up of Laws (1774)


Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.