Agreed. My corrolary of that saying is, “To be a good person, one must be a bad patriot”, because any State’s secret #police - #Gestapo, #CIA, #NSA, #KGB, et cetera - is composed exclusively of those most afflicted with the #patriotism disease.
(Thanks to my parents, my diverse education included a Christian private school of one of the major Christian sects in the West. So, I’m familiar with #Jesus, the #Bible and The #Church, even though here in #Asia, his father (aka #Allah 🕋) and #Buddha🪷 are more applicable to our daily life and philosophy.)