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Patriotism Quotes
"True Americanism recognizes the enormous gravity of the social and labor problems which confront us."
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"Our love for our country is worth nothing if it deprives us of our sense of humanity, if it destroys positive consensus."
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"If that for which the Spanish Empire has stood since the days of Charles V is right, then everything for which the United States stands and has always stood is wrong."
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"We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior."
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"Our flag represents every American and it should not be hidden away as a result of property agreements."
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"The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world."
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"Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains."
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"Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars."
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"Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country."
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"Contrast the United States with any country on the face of the earth today and ask yourself whether the situation of the United States is not the best to be found."
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"For why should we not admire more the angels themselves and the blessed choirs of heaven?"
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"I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together."
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"A nationalist will blindly follow his country to his death out of love for it. A patriot will stand up for and even against his country to his death out of love for it."
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"Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage."
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"Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue."
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"I have loved but one flag and I can not share that devotion and give affection to the mongrel banner invented for the League of Nations."
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"The oath of renunciation and allegiance is a solemn vow taken by thousands of immigrants each year to become a United States citizen. The oath is the fundamental statement of allegiance to the United States, and this allegiance is what unites America."
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"Our ideal of the future is that she should continue to render that service of her own free will."
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"We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free."
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"Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that."
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"The mighty voice of Canada will ever call to me."
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"True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else."
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"But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism."
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"The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession."
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"Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose ethnic composition is taken for granted."
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"I am proud to be an American, and proud that such beliefs are at the core of our country and its citizens."
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"The Republic is weak and broken." I narrow my eyes. "But it is still your country. Fight for it. This is your home, not theirs."
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"Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles."
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"The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in the name of a wise, honourable and democratic patriotism."
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"I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country."
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"The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise."
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"Tens of thousands of brave Americans died to break the chains of British tyranny so that the principles of our Declaration of Independence could take fold and flourish in the birth of a new nation."
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"America's veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago."
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"But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present."
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"Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis might be being put on nationality and on the other hand patriotism, that sort of thing."
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"1 month ago the American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the selflessness, patriotism and heroism by our troops, our National Guard and Reserves."
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"The average American is nothing if not patriotic."
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"There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism."
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"America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that "treason" is morally worse than murder or rape."
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"I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community."
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"I'm an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel."
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"There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people."
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"We as Democrats have no apologies to make to anyone."
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"Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land."
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"Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't."
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"Patriotism has served, at different times, as widely different ends as a razor, which ought to be used in keeping your face clean and yet may be used to cut your own throat or that of an innocent person."
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"On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free."
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"For we, too, have our ideals, even if we differ from those who have tried to establish a monopoly of idealism."
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