patriotism is slavery

Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument
for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims,
and a renunciation of human dignity, common sense, and conscience by the governed,
and a slavish submission to those who hold power.
That is what is really preached wherever patriotism is championed.
Patriotism is slavery.

- Leo Tolstoi, Christianity and Patriotism (1894)

[thanks to David Budbill]