The Devil's Dictionary: Patriot

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
PATIENCE
PATRIOTISM

PATRIOT

-n.

One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors.

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