patriotism
n. Combustible rubbish ready to fuel the torch of anyone ambitious to illuminate his name.
n. A conviction that one country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
n. Arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
n. The willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
n. The last resort of a political scoundrel.
Cynical Quotations
In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell.
— H.L. Mencken