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Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.
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“Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.”

Jane Addams

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Newer Ideals of Peace
Date
1907
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Addams argues that patriotism must adapt to the needs of an increasingly diverse society instead of remaining fixed in older clan, territorial or militarized forms.

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Newer Ideals of Peace, Chapter VIII, ‘Passing of the War Virtues,’ around printed page 216 in the represented 1907 text, Project Gutenberg #69879. Addams argues that patriotism must change with the conditions of a large cosmopolitan nation and criticizes a patriotism founded primarily on military prowess and defence. The sentence remains Progressive-era political and peace argument rather than a neutral modern definition of patriotism.

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