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Patriotism (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a secret: the citizen loves the state because it preserves his particular sphere and his own little authority.

Patriotism (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠citizens has its secret in this: they know the state as their substance because it maintains their particular interests, titles and welfare.

Patriotism (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be stretched at will to cover the whole human race; it rests on a people's self-feeling, which is why Hegel rejected Kant's world federation.

Patriotism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the assurance that my interest is preserved in the state's — so that the state is for me not another, and in this consciousness I am free.

Patriotism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠trust: the consciousness that my interest is preserved in the state's, so that this other is immediately not another to me — and knowing this, I am free.

Patriotism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a readiness for heroic sacrifice but the everyday sentiment that takes the commonweal as its basis; men claim the extraordinary kind to spare themselves the burden of the ordinary — they would rather be magnanimous than merely right.