Patriotism Quotes
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Well I won't back down
No I won't back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I won't back down — Tom Petty
No I won't back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I won't back down — Tom Petty
Patriotism is the secret resource of a successful society.
— Michael Ignatieff
True patriotism is doing something for your country.
— Bill Maher
That kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations ...
— Elizabeth Gaskell
In the wake of Katrina, what you're witnessing and what we are very careful to depict is a form of patriotism.
— David Simon
The false religion of lust is baser than the false religion of mother-love or patriotism or art: but lust is less likely to be made into a religion.
— C.S. Lewis
Work should be for all of us a word as honorable and appealing as patriotism.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism.
— Michael Ignatieff
It was too early in the morning for family patriotism."
-Cecelia Brady — F Scott Fitzgerald
-Cecelia Brady — F Scott Fitzgerald
I hate all the loathsome nonsense that goes with patriotism.
— Albert Einstein
If one's patriotism is merely instinctive it is irrational and irresponsible, and consequently a danger to one's country.
— Paul Monroe
We need to have a sense of patriotism like Jesus Christ, to the Kingdom first and to our nations second
— Sunday Adelaja
How I define patriotism, a knife, a riffle and some hand-gernades.
— Billy S. VanOrsdol
I dislike loud-mouthed patriots who think they like our country more than I do. Some people's idea of patriotism is hating other countries.
— Andy Rooney
Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.
— Voltaire
Avarice is patriotic!
— William Donaldson
The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.
— Thomas Campbell
Patriotism is not enough, there must be no hatred or bitterness for anyone.
— Florence Nightingale
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of those who threaten it.
— U.S. Department Of The Navy
To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.
— Seneca The Younger
I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision.
— Dominique De Villepin
I'm so patriotic, I think every British kid should have a chance to grow up to be our head of state.
— Johann Hari
The Red Kimono tells it all - the bitterness and pain as well as the joy, pride and patriotism of a people too resilient to be beaten by racism.
— Sandra Dallas
When I grew up, I only had two dreams. One was to be a cowboy and another was to be in the military. I grew up extremely patriotic and riding horses.
— Chris Kyle
It's always the bastard who is most patriotic.
— Anthony Marais
You mean that this is a matter of patriotism and traders aren't patriotic?"
"Notoriously not. Pioneers never are. — Isaac Asimov
"Notoriously not. Pioneers never are. — Isaac Asimov
The history of American patriotism is figuring out ways that we can work together to move forward and knit together the common government.
— Taylor Branch
I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community.
— Chrissie Hynde
Patriotism is dangerous, but kindness is always kind.
— Debasish Mridha
A protect-yourself-first-and-foremost idea has subverted the mission of law-enforcement officers, just as it may have degraded the military's.
— Ann Medlock
I'll tell you what's wrong with dumb-shit patriotism
it's delusional! It signifies nothing but the American need to win — John Irving
it's delusional! It signifies nothing but the American need to win — John Irving
Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.
— Walter Scott
Never be ashamed of your patriotism.
— H. Jackson Brown Jr.
My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors.
— Franklin Knight Lane
We look at the Ark of the Covenant and remember who we are.
— Geraldine Brooks
[W]e're taught that if one person kills another person, that is murder; but if a government kills a hundred thousand persons, that is patriotism.
— Howard Zinn
I look forward to a time when Irish patriotism will as easily combine with British patriotism as Scottish patriotism combines now.
— Arthur Balfour
There was a time when a willingness to criticize one's own government when it was wrong was the very definition of patriotism.
— Ron Paul
There are things a man must not do even to save a nation.
— Murray Kempton
The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride and history.
— Mike Fitzpatrick
The flavor of patriotism depends upon its habitat.
— Joseph Smith Jr.
I hope to find my country in the right: however I will stand by her, right or wrong.
— John J. Crittenden
If you take advantage of everything that America has to offer, there's nothing you can't accomplish.
— Geraldine Ferraro
It is the pride of my heart to have been one of the earliest adopted sons of America.
— Marquis De Lafayette
You can take a my body out of Nepal but you can never take my soul and Heart from a Nepal .
— Suraj Dahal
Public office is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
— Boies Penrose
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
— Charles De Gaulle
No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
— William Cowper
Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It's all a bit silly.
— Will Thomas
Forcing someone into drug addiction is like stabbing a corpse everyday, the most detestable crime.
— Sumit Agarwal
Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide ... but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.
— Jesse Ventura
Patriotism is an artificial, bordered "love" designed to create a distinct lack of love for those on the other side of the borders.
— Adam Kokesh
I would remind my countrymen that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour.
— Henry David Thoreau
So long, Lee. Give our regards to the Kaiser. And tell him there's a few boys on 58th Street who'll throw a party for him if he'll drop around.
— James T. Farrell
I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
Patriotism is a word which represents a noble idea.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
Patriotism is merely a religion-love of country, worship of country, devotion to the country's flag and honor and welfare.
— Mark Twain
Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel. He is the man who talks the loudest.
— Mark Twain
For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.
— William James
I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command.
— John Buford
Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.
— Robertson Davies
I have the consolation to believe, that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.
— George Washington
The unattractive thing about chauvinism is not so much the aversion to other nations as the love of one's own.
— Karl Kraus
Civilians who volunteer generally wish to escape, not to share, privatizations worse than their own.
— Barbara W. Tuchman
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons
— Bertrand Russell
Patriotism and religion are the only two motives in the world which can permanently direct the whole of a body politic to one end.
— Alexis De Tocqueville
...There is no worse way to abuse a man's patriotism than to estrange him from his homeland, be it his ancestral or adopted land...
— Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Spare the rod and spoil the Memorial Day rotisserie.
— Brian Spellman
Protection and patriotism are reciprocal. This is the way which has led nations to greatness.
— John C. Calhoun
The sight of her showing so much fake patriotism for the Commonwealth made him want to tear off that sash and strangle her with it.
— Marissa Meyer
We can't all be Washingtons, but we can all be patriots.
— Charles Farrar Browne
True patriotism is not worship of our nation but rather, in the light of our worship of the God of justice, to conform our nation's ways of justice.
— Robert McAfee Brown
Patriotism is merely deeply-rooted government brand loyalty.
— Bryant McGill
Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.
— Jesse Ventura
Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!
— O. Henry
I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
— Andrew Carnegie
The tribal pull of patriotism could have no better testimony.
— Barbara W. Tuchman
It is a time for martyrs now, and if I am to be one, it will be for the cause of brotherhood. That's the only thing that can save this country.
— Malcolm X
After years on a drunken bender, Americans are awakening to lies masked in patriotism and glory.
— Chris Hedges
Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose ethnic composition is taken for granted.
— Michael Ignatieff
Patriotism is the admission that people who share a land, a place, and a history have a special obligation to that place and to each other.
— David Ehrenfeld
A nation is the same people living in the same place.
— James Joyce
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes
— Bertolt Brecht
To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag.
— Pauline Hanson