Ambrose Bierce

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American journalist, short story writer, and satirist, best known for The Devil's Dictionary, from which the quoted definition of patriotism comes.

Appearance

Mentioned once in Mother Load[2].

Mother Load[2]

Season 9 · Episode 13 · S09E13

“Patriotism, n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name... - Ambrose Bierce”
— Stage Direction

From the same episode and category.

“Oh beautiful, for spacious skies... For amber waves of grain, For purple mountains' majesty, Above the fruited plain...…”

“In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel.”

“In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel.”

“It's almost dawn's early light, and our flag is still there.”