Quote of the Day for 2016-09-15

"The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war."

— Sydney J. Harris (1917-1986) "Purely Personal Prejudices," Strictly Personal (1953)

Nazi parade, probably during the Nuremberg Rally of 1934, from Triumph of the Will by Leni Reifenstahl (1935)

Quote of the Day for 2015-09-16

"Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own."

— Sydney J. Harris (1917-1986) "Purely Personal Prejudices," Strictly Personal

Hippasus after being thrown overboard by the disciples of Pythagoras for arguing that irrational numbers exist -OR- by the gods as punishment for disseminating the knowledge of said numbers.