To make the State your god is to worship an idol, for the State is a man-made creation arising naturally out of tribal communion; but the soul, if such there be, is a god-made miracle and above all national or patriotic standards — the supreme and eternal reality.

Eden Phillpotts
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Mahatma Gandhi said, “To make the State your god is to worship an idol, for the State is a man-made creation arising naturally out of tribal communion; but the soul, if such there be, is a god-made miracle and above all national or patriotic standards – the supreme and eternal reality.” Gandhi was speaking about the idea that patriotism should not be worshiped. He was pointing out that true love can never be based on a person or a country. It must come from a place within your heart.

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