Humanity is on the march, earth itself is left behind..

Patriotism is the opposite of selfish individualism..

Will the things that are being lost - the wilderness, the plants and animals, the skills, and all the others - leave too vast a gap in the human spir….

Patriotism is the admission that people who share a land, a place, and a history have a special obligation to that place and to each other..

a society driven mainly by selfish individualism has all the potential for sustainability of a collection of angry scorpions in a bottle..