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Simone Weil on Independence Day

1909–1943 France

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It is this idolatry of self which they have bequeathed to us in the form of patriotism.

Prelude to Politics (1943)

Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose.

Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986)

Our patriotism comes straight from the Romans. … It is a pagan virtue.

The human soul has need of consented obedience and of liberty.

Draft for a Statement of Human Obligation (1943)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Simone Weil (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.