Seth’s Reviews > Ain't My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle-American Anti-Imperialism > Status Update

“Many people lack an understanding of the real meaning of patriotism. They confuse love of government with love of country. The true patriot may love his country and utterly despise his government.” - Vivien Kellems, 1952

"The principal purpose of the foreign policy of the United States is to maintain the liberty of our people. It's purpose is not to reform the entire world or spread sweetness and light and economic prosperity to peoples who have lived and worked out their own salvation for centuries, according to their customs, and to the best of their abilities." - Senator Robert Taft, 1951

After listing examples where people were jailed for expressing opposition to the US entering WWI, Kauffman writes: "...when the civil libertarian is tempted to call George W. Bush the worst president and our history, she would do well to remember Woodrow Wilson, who makes Bush look like a pro bono lawyer for the ACLU."

"Congress has seen fit to institute [impeachment] proceedings not for the launching of unconstitutional wars but only for graver violations of the public trust: Andrew Johnson's firing of Edwin Stanton, Richard Nixon's clumsy obstruction of an investigation into a break-in, and Bill Clinton's fibbing about an adulterous blow job."