Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.
“I play out negative fantasies for people. I'm the guy people love to hate. And they always remember the bad guy.”
“Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.”