patriot(ism) - Naomi King Walker

04410 – Tyrant, Oppressor, Exploiter

For in every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor, and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the people. from Canton, OH anti-war speech (1918)

04282 – The “Magic” of Having No Character

by Heller, Joseph

It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism...