Quotations about geography

Patriotism without principle is the prejudice of birth — the animal attachment to place.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator

Decoration Day Speech, Academy of Music, New York City (29 May 1882)
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Topics: geography, meme, nationalism, patriotism, prejudice, principle, tribalism
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The real problem is that through our scientific genius we’ve made of the world a neighborhood, but through our moral and spiritual genius we’ve failed to make of it a brotherhood.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) American clergyman, civil rights leader, social activist, preacher

“Rediscovering Lost Values,” sermon, Second Baptist Church, Detroit (28 Feb 1954)
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Added on 24-Feb-17 | Last updated 24-Feb-17
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Sometimes I think war is God’s way of teaching us geography.

Paul Rodriguez (b. 1955) Mexican-American comedian

Comic Relief (1987)

Earlier variations exist. Often attributed to Ambrose Bierce, but unverified. Rodriguez citation in the LA Times. Further discussion and citation here, here, and here.