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'''Patriotism''' means [[love]] or [[devotion]] and [[duty]] to one's country or homeland, including the values of that country.<ref>Kirsch, Adam (October 18, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-patriotism-is-worth-fighting-for-11571413398 American Patriotism Is Worth Fighting For]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved October 20, 2019.</ref> The word ''patriot'' comes from [[Latin]]; the root is the same as that of "father": ''pater''; also French ''patrie''.

'''Patriotism''' means [[love]] or [[devotion]] and [[duty]] to one's country or homeland, including the values of that country.<ref>Kirsch, Adam (October 18, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-patriotism-is-worth-fighting-for-11571413398 American Patriotism Is Worth Fighting For]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved October 20, 2019.</ref> The word ''patriot'' comes from [[Latin]]; the root is the same as that of "father": ''pater''; also French ''patrie''.

The [[Roman]] poet [[Horace]] wrote "Dulce et decorum est pro Patria mori", which means "It is sweet and seemly to die for one's country."<ref>Horace, ''Odes'' (iii 2.13)</ref> Later, American satirist [[Ambrose Bierce]] would write "In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first."<ref>Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary</ref> Later still, [[World War I]] [[British]] infantryman and poet [[Wilfred Owen]] would mock Horace's words by describing a soldier dying a particularly gory death on the battlefield, and saying "My friend, you would not tell with such high zest / To children ardent for some desperate glory, / The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est / Pro patria mori."<ref>Wilfred Owen, Dulce Et Decorum Est</ref>

The [[Roman]] poet [[Horace]] wrote "Dulce et decorum est pro Patria mori", which means "It is sweet and seemly to die for one's country."<ref>Horace, ''Odes'' (iii 2.13)</ref> Later, American satirist [[Ambrose Bierce]] would write, "In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first."<ref>Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary</ref> Later still, [[World War I]] [[British]] infantryman and poet [[Wilfred Owen]] would mock Horace's words by describing a soldier dying a particularly gory death on the battlefield, and saying "My friend, you would not tell with such high zest / To children ardent for some desperate glory, / The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est / Pro patria mori."<ref>Wilfred Owen, Dulce Et Decorum Est</ref>

However, [[liberal]]s are the most likely to lack patriotism.<ref>Multiple references:

However, [[liberal]]s are the most likely to lack patriotism.<ref>Multiple references:

==Conflicts With Pacifism==

==Conflicts With Pacifism==

In rare cases patriotism has been a source of conflict for [[Christian]]s in wartime. While their nation may call on them to do their patriotic duty, many Western pacifists believe that [[New Testament]] advocates [[Pacifism#Biblical references about Christian nonviolence|nonviolence]].  

In rare cases, patriotism has been a source of conflict for [[Christian]]s in wartime. While their nation may call on them to do their patriotic duty, many Western pacifists believe that [[New Testament]] advocates [[Pacifism#Biblical references about Christian nonviolence|nonviolence]].  

Many western conservative Christians feel that patriotism does not conflict with Christianity as in their view their countries' political systems are based upon Christian principles.  However, this argument is dubious.  With the possible exception of Vatican City, no nation can truly be labeled "Christian", and given that people of other religious dispositions are allowed to vote - and these are numerous - it is unreasonable to expect a "Christian" outcome.

Many western conservative Christians feel that patriotism does not conflict with [[Christianity]], as in their view their countries' political systems are based upon Christian principles.  However, this argument is dubious.  With the possible exception of Vatican City, no nation can truly be labeled "Christian", and given that people of other religious dispositions are allowed to vote - and these are numerous - it is unreasonable to expect a "Christian" outcome.

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