Quotes About Patriotism

You cannot ask the poor for sacrifices," I said. "We are already poor. What can we give? How do you measure the patriotism of the poor?

The U.S. government's need for an enemy, its search for new enemies is really a way of uniting the country, covering its real motives and appealing for patriotism that is called the last refuge of the scoundrel. Patriotism is not the real motive. The real motive is domination and exploitation, and to get away with it you have to have a rallying ground, an enemy. That is where the military comes in.16

You don't liberate a country standing on the soil of another.

Questa smania di dir sempre male del proprio paese non l'ho mai capita.»

Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15 1876, at the time when the country was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its political independence.

Asimismo escribí en contra del crimen perpetrado con excusa política, en nombre de una patria donde un puñado de gente armada, con el vergonzoso apoyo de un sector de la sociedad, decide quién pertenece a dicha patria y quién debe abandonarla o desaparecer. Escribí sin odio contra el lenguaje del odio y contra la desmemoria y el olvido tramado por quienes tratan de inventarse una historia al servicio de su proyecto y sus convicciones totalitarias

Ellos me dijeron que había que amar a la patria, que había que sacrificarse por ella, que había que sentirse orgulloso de sus héroes, que había que respetar el orden del país, que había que denunciar a los traidores, que había que odiar a los enemigos. Tú también me lo dijiste.

Los partidos políticos, sepan ustedes de boca del que nació en uno, son unas mafias descaradas, unas camarillas avorazadas, unos aprovechadores privados que se las dan de servidores públicos y a los que se les hace agua la boca invocando a la patria. No hay tal. No la quieren.

It was a strange sight to see these black men rallying around the Stars and Stripes, when white men were trampling them under foot and riddling them with bullets.

Where is your sense of patriotism?" I keep it hid away safe, along with my sense of trust, Mr. Clent. I don't use 'em much in case they get scratched.

Life is very important to Americans.

I like America, just as everybody else does. I love America, I gotta say that. But America will be judged.

They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings

There was great leadership in this country at the time of World War II. There was also unrelenting resolve at home, in America's factories and on the farms, in the cities and the country.

What passes for patriotism is now largely measured by the flag pins in our lapels and the mouthing of pride and faith in our soldiers, sailors, and aviators. Having long since lost track of the precepts of American democracy, we've devolved into a cult of military, with its own blind faith and liturgy...

If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it.

As we rounded a curve in the road that gave us a clear view of the Island Fortress in Manila Bay, it was indeed a thrill to see Old Glory proudly flying from the center of the Fort.

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

America's one of the finest countries anyone ever stole.

I'm in love with this country called America. I'm a huge fan of America, I'm one of those annoying fans, you know the ones that read the CD notes and follow you into bathrooms and ask you all kinds of annoying questions about why you didn't live up to that ... I'm that kind of fan. I read the Declaration of Independence and I've read the Constitution of the United States, and they are some liner notes, dude.

The titular counselor buttoned up his collar and replied seriously: "If you live in a state, you should either ch-cherish it or leave it—anything else is either parasitism or mere lackeys' gossip.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight; nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety; is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. — John Stuart Mill

comes to my door. Mr. Mayor now. Got the suit, with the American flag in the lapel. Don't join the military; don't help out the little guy; don't take in your tired, your poor, your huddled masses—but if you wear a little flag, you're a patriot.