“Patriotism. I'm uncomfortable with any word that starts with a pat, ends in an ism and has a riot in the middle.”

“Something's about to end. Or start. I'm not sure. I just know we're not in the middle anymore. It's safer in the middle.”

“All -isms end up in schisms.”

“All 'isms' run out in the end, and good riddance to most of them. Patriotism for example. [...] If in the interest of making sure we don't blow ourselves off the map once and for all, we end up relinquishing a measure of national sovereignty to some international body, so much the worse for national sovereignty. There is only one Sovereignty that matters ultimately, and it is of another sort altogether.”

“Backed into a corner, the poor can riot, but the rich start war.”

“In some country patriotism is shown only for cricket. When it comes to responsibilities’ they started blaming their own country, politician, people, and others. And ends up praising the western.”