Quotes About Patriotism

Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war; only patriots and traitors.

We are Americans, speaking the same language, adopting the same customs, holding the same general opinions... and shall rise and fall with Americans.

The old Lie:Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.

The shot heard round the world.

Patriotism is nationalism, and always leads to war.

The safety of the country is at stake... We must let ourselves be killed on the spot rather than retreat... No faltering can be tolerated today.

We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.

It takes five years to design a new car in this country. Heck, we won World War II in four years.

Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.

You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your King, and you must treat every Frenchman as if he were the Devil himself.

Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence. And we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.

Virginians! With me! Who will come with me!?

War is elevating, because the individual disappears before the great conception of the state... What a perversion of morality to wish to abolish heroism among men!

One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression. Patriotism becomes the order of the day, and those who question the war are seen as traitors, to be silenced and imprisoned.

They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.

I will defend Korea as I would my own country-just as I would California.

War is not about flag-waving and patriotism. War is about killing and death.

America loves a winner, and will not tolerate a loser, this is why America has never, and will never, lose a war.

I come from a stupid family. During the civil war my great uncle fought for the west.

Some flag waving is good, a lot of flag waving is tolerable, incessant flag waving is crazy and dangerous and easily manipulated by the war party to get people bubbling at the mouth in fear and rage.

I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land.

The notion that the press was used in the [first Iraq] war is incorrect. The press wanted to be used. It saw itself as part of the war effort.

I don't like war. I particularly don't like the celebration of war, which I think the administration is a little bit guilty of.

A nation that sends its women to fight its wars is not worth defending.