Quotes About Patriotism

Patriotism has been used to fan the flames of nationalism among Americans. Today, anyone who criticizes foreign policy, overseas military interventions, or even questions national policies opens themselves to charges of being unpatriotic.

And I'm asking you for your good and for your nation's security to take no unnecessary trips, to use carpools or public transportation whenever you can, to park your car one extra day per week, to obey the speed limit, and to set your thermostats to save fuel. Every act of energy conservation like this is more than just common sense -- I tell you it is an act of patriotism.

I prefer to work for my country in a free and independent way. I was born free, and I want to die free. I am always suspicious of ideology. Instead, I respect men with ideas.

I'd rather see the United States as a beacon of good work and good citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement.

Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

They were average specimens of national manhood, slim and gaunt with deeply tanned skin from riding in jeeps and on motorcycles.

nothing was more American than wielding a gun and committing oneself to die for freedom and independence, unless it was wielding that gun to take away someone else's freedom and independence.

My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do so love the United States and consider myself part American.

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

What directors, authors, comic artists, and even game designers want is to hit the audience with a cultural roundhouse. There's no way to do that effectively without pushing political buttons to overstimulate the most delicate nerve endings of personal belief, ideology, patriotism, gender roles, and unexamined hatreds.

We yield at once with humbled mien, Because, with all our faults, we love our Queen.

I do feel very American. I think it's something I'm proud of and proud to be by chance born here. Honestly, that's something I think about.

This flick is all I have to say about being 17, the United States Navy, Christmas and the Fourth of July.

From an early period, I had the happiness to rank among the foremost in the American Revolution. In the affection and confidence of the people, I am proud to say, I have a great share.

Patriotism is merely deeply-rooted government brand loyalty.

The brave man, inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.

I am, now as before, of the opinion that I did the best that I could do for my nation. I therefore do not regret my conduct and will bear the consequences that result from my conduct.

Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.

Dad, I left my heart up there.

Dad, as a good American, believed his newspapers.

My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration.

My dad was a Communist Party member who fought for his country.

Departure beyond the borders of my country is for me equivalent to death.