Eric Hobsbawm - It seems that American patriot...

It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they're not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans.

Eric Hobsbawm

British Historian

Born: Jun 8, 1917

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