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“You can love your country without having to love your government” is a saying that has been printed on many images.

“Description ‘You can love your country without having to love your government’, libertarian/anarchist/activist graffito in Bolinas, California. Libertarian Message Date 19 February 2006, 06:15:08” was posted on Wikimedia Commons. “You can love your country without having to love your government” was posted on Twitter by Libertarian Party of Georgia on December 15, 2008. Brazilian lyricist and novelist Paulo Coelho posted this on Facebook on Facebook on December 13, 2017, and is often incorrectly given credit for the saying.

Wikimedia Commons
File:Love your country, not government.jpg
Description “You can love your country without having to love your government”, libertarian/anarchist/activist graffito in Bolinas, California.
Libertarian Message
Date 19 February 2006, 06:15:08
Source Flickr
Author philosophygeek

Twitter
Libertarian Party of Georgia
@LPGeorgia
You can love your country without having to love your government.
2:50 PM · Dec 15, 2008

Twitter
GabrielA.PaganLopez
@LetsSparkChange
you can love our country without having to love your government!
9:10 PM · Sep 14, 2009

Twitter
Wake Up America
@WakeUp__America
You can love your country without having to love your government
9:55 PM · Sep 30, 2013

Twitter
Wake Up America
@WakeUp__America
You can love your country without having to love your government.
7:05 PM · Jan 7, 2014

Facebook
Paulo Coelho
December 13, 2017 at 8:02 PM ·
You can love your country without having to love your government
(The following graffiti is shown.—ed.)
...YOU CAN LOVE
YOUR COUNTRY
WITHOUT HAVING
TO LOVE YOUR
...GOVERNMENT.

Twitter
floodoflight
@nursel__sezer
You can love your country without having to love your government
Paulo Coelho
4:02 AM · Feb 28, 2018

Twitter
crk
@IndiTrades
You can love your country..
..without having to love your government
(The following graffiti is shown.—ed.)
...YOU CAN LOVE
YOUR COUNTRY
WITHOUT HAVING
TO LOVE YOUR
...GOVERNMENT.
2:03 PM · Feb 28, 2018

Twitter
conspiracybot
@conspiracyb0t
(The following graffiti is shown.—ed.)
...YOU CAN LOVE
YOUR COUNTRY
WITHOUT HAVING
TO LOVE YOUR
...GOVERNMENT.
5:31 PM · Mar 1, 2022

Twitter
Casey K. 🇨🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@csykld
What part of plagiarism don’t you understand Shane?
“You can love your country without having to love your government.”
— Paulo Coelho
8:33 PM · Feb 23, 2023

Twitter
Sal the Agorist
@SallyMayweather
(The following graffiti is shown.—ed.)
...YOU CAN LOVE
YOUR COUNTRY
WITHOUT HAVING
TO LOVE YOUR
...GOVERNMENT.
8:29 AM · Jul 10, 2023