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Patriotism Quotes
"The American flag, Old Glory, standing tall and flying free over American soil for 228 years is the symbol of our beloved country. It is recognized from near and afar, and many lives have been lost defending it."
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"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism."
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"Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man."
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"I believe that movements to suppress wrongs can be carried out under the protection of our flag."
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"You will generally observe that, of all Americans, your foreign-born citizens are the most patriotic - especially toward the Fourth of July."
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"These martyrs of patriotism gave their lives for an idea."
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"No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots."
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"If there is no love for others, love of country is just a slogan."
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"The American patriots of today continue the tradition of the long line of patriots before them, by helping to promote liberty and freedom around the world."
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"To compel the nation with challenge the traditional American doctrine of freedom of the seas, every man and every ship in the navy is solemnly pledged."
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"Patriotism is merely deeply-rooted government brand loyalty."
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"I do not feel an exile from America in any sense."
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"The army is the true nobility of our country."
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"There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism."
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"It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism."
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"I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone."
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"In every society in human history, including the United States, those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotism as a way of getting greater support for their policy and insulating themselves from any criticism."
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"To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary... is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds."
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"Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation."
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"America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world."
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"Our Founding Fathers would be proud of all that America has achieved, and will continue to achieve, in the coming years."
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"It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win the final battle."
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"You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race."
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"A star for every State, and a State for every star."
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"Patriotism is the religion of hell."
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"The fate of you, the aristocracy of industry, will be as the fate of the aristocracy of land if you do not show that you have some humanity still among you."
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"Since the Revolution, eight generations of America's veterans have established an unbroken commitment to freedom."
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"Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today."
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"I'm a better American than 99% of the guys in the White House."
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"I think we need to consider a radical rewrite of any form of patriotism that serves the individual at the expense of the community, as that is nothing more than patriotism to one's own small and solitary cause."
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"Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism."
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"We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English."
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"With a good conscience our only sure reward with history the final judge of our deeds let us go forth to lead the land we love asking His blessing and His help but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own."
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"Patriotism is in itself a kind of religion: it does not reason, but it acts from the impulse of faith and sentiment."
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"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
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"It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar."
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"Happy am I, for every time I meditate on governments, I always find new reasons in my inquiries for loving my own country."
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"Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength."
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"How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?"
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"America is exceptional: but because it yields the likes of Obama, not the likes of Bush."
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"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."
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"America is stronger than ever. We will forever remember those we lost on September 11, 2001. In honoring their memory, we will remain true to our commitment to freedom and democracy."
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"In 'The King's Speech,' patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the fight is clear, it hasn't become complicated over time."
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"We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us."
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"Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched."
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"Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it."
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"The real propaganda is what-if we are genuinely a living member of a nation-we tell ourselves because we have hope, hope being a symbol of a nation's instinct of self-preservation. To remain blind to the unjustness of the cause of the individual "Germany," to recognise at every moment the justness of the cause of the individual "France," the surest way was not for a German to be without judgement, or for a Frenchman to possess it, it was, both for the one and for the other, to be possessed of patriotism."
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"We ought to be beating our chests every day. We ought to look in the mirror, stick out our chests, suck in our bellies, and say, 'Damn, we're Americans,' and smile."
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"Patriotism , as a feeling of exclusive love for one's own people, and as a doctrine of tile virtue of sacrificing one's tranquillity, one's property, and ever, one's life, in defence of one's own people from slaughter and outrage by their enemies, was the highest idea of the period when each nation considered it feasible and just, for its own advantage, to subject to slaughter and outrage the people of other nations."
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