Patriotism Quotes
To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were ...
Show MoreYou'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently I'm not a very good American be...
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Show MoreIn every society in human history, including the United States, those in power seek to imbue themsel...
Show MorePatriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism. It is actually the opposite of Conservatism, since i...
Show MoreNationalism is not to be confused with patriotism. Both words are normally used in so vague a way th...
Show MorePatriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.
I grew up in an atmosphere tinged with militarism, and afterwards I spent five boring years within t...
Show MoreIt is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing t...
Show MoreIt was not desirable for the proles to have strong political feelings. All that was required of them...
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It was not desirable for the paroles to have strong political feelings. All that was required of the...
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When I talk to anyone or read the writings of anyone who has any axe to grind, I feel that intellect...
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Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism.

Nationalism is power-hunger tempered by self-deception. Every nationalist is capable of the most fla...
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to...
Show MoreHaving now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an ...
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A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principl...
Show MoreA Country is not a mere territory; the particular territory is only its foundation. The Country is t...
Show MorePatriotism is not defined by loyalty to a particular elected official or political party. Indeed, ex...
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I'm no more modern than ancient, no more French than Chinese, and the idea of a native country, that...
Show MorePatriotism is a kind of religion it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched."]

The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more lik...
Show MoreThe antisemites who called themselves patriots introduced that new species of national feeling which...
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America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determ...
Show MoreThe love we have for our native land would be good and praiseworthy if it did not degenerate, as we ...
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...patriotism has become a narrow offensive sentiment which as long as it lives will maintain war an...
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There is Ontario patriotism Quebec patriotism or Western patriotism each based on the hope that i...
Show MoreStill another danger is represented by those who, paying lip service to democracy and the common wel...
Show MoreSir, I had rather be right than to be President.
Recognize at all times the paramount right of your Country to your most devoted services, whether sh...
Show MoreSir, I would rather be right than to be President.

I would remind my countrymen that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and conveni...
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What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - int...
Show MoreAnd when he got through I felt for the first time that there had really been a war and that the man ...
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America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.
My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooli...
Show MoreYou will generally observe that, of all Americans, your foreign-born citizens are the most patriotic...
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There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.
What struck me as I began to study history was how nationalist fervor--inculcated from childhood on ...
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Today everybody is talking about the fact that we live in one world; because of globalization, we ar...
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If patriotism were defined, not as blind obedience to government, not as submissive worship to flags...
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We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world—a nation of bullies and bastards who wo...
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There has seldom if ever a shortage of eager young males prepared to kill and die to preserve the se...
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Today we are fighting Communism. Okay. If I'd been alive fifty years ago, the brand of Conservatism ...
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In a democracy dissent is an act of faith.
To criticize one's country is to do it a service... Criticism, in short, is more than a right; it is...
Show MorePatriotism is being convinced your country is better because you were born in it.
Arnold had never given much thought to whether or not he loved America—but now it seemed pretty obvi...
Show MoreI like it too," Angelo said. "I love this country. Much you and anybody, and you know it.""I know it...
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Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.
Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and ...
Show MoreSaying you are a patriot is not enough - you have to be one.
India has known the innocence and insouciance of childhood, the passionand abandon of youth, and the...
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I was born near Slonim. I saw my home taken over by the Germans, my sister raped by the Russians and...
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If you're patriotic, stand up for the Bill of Rights because once they strip your rights from you, y...
Show MorePatriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge a...
Show MoreI love my country, not my government.
Patriotism, whether it is of the Western kind, or of the Eastern kind, is the same, a poison in huma...
Show MoreIdentification with the rag called the national flag is an emotional and sentimental factor and for ...
Show MoreOurs was the first nation to be founded on the idea that all are created equal and all deserve equal...
Show MoreOur flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our natio...
Show MoreFighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism.
I'm so patriotic, I think every British kid should have a chance to grow up to be our head of state.
Be it remembered, that liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from...
Show MoreSwim or sink live or die survive or perish with my country was my unalterable determination.
I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military...
Show MoreMoreover, there was what Amy called “the cocksuckers’ contingent of the country”—what Danny knew as ...
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I have never understood why one's affections must be confined as once with women to a single count...
Show MoreI believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stand...
Show More…The story of the Pledge of Allegiance and its National Socialist roots is a fascinating one. Dr. Re...
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Unless we can restore what George Orwell called patriotism as opposed to nationalism, we will see th...
Show MorePatriotism, that least discerning of pas

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.
The important thing is to keep them pledging," he explained to his cohorts. "It doesn't matter wheth...
Show MoreHow long have you been away from the country?" Laruja asked Ibarra."Almost seven years.""Then you ha...
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The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, vicious...
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Who doesn’t respect and value his past, is not worth the honour of the present, and has no right to ...
Show MoreI looked westward and marveled that, somewhere over those mountains, Kabul still existed. It really ...
Show MoreThe sole and basic source of our strength is the solidarity of workers, peasants and the intelligent...
Show MoreIt would, therefore, seem obvious that patriotism as a feeling is bad and harmful, and as a doctrine...
Show MorePatriotism , as a feeling of exclusive love for one's own people, and as a doctrine of tile virtue o...
Show MorePatriotism and its results--wars--give an enormous revenue to the newspaper trade, and profits to ma...
Show MoreThe greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffer...
Show MoreThe ruling classes have in their hands the army, money, the schools, the churches, and the press. In...
Show MorePatriotism in its simplest, clearest and most indubitable signification is nothing else but a means ...
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...we have seen that the priests regard the state as an enemy to be exploited, it is only natural th...
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What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?
Barrayar is bred in my bones. I cannot shake it, no matter how far I travel. This struggle, God know...
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The real propaganda is what—if we are genuinely a living member of a nation—we tell ourselves becaus...
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Our national motto is 'In God we Trust,' reminding us that faith in our Creator is the most importan...
Show MoreI'm troubled. I'm dissatisfied. I'm Irish.
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.
There are two kinds of patriotism -- monarchical patriotism and republican patriotism. In the one ca...
Show MoreTo be a patriot, one had to say, and keep on saying, "Our Country, right or wrong," and urge on the ...
Show MoreEach man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong which course is patriotic an...
Show MoreThe Creator made Italy with designs by Michelangelo.