Quotes About Patriotism

you dont like the stars in Old Glory Then go back to your land across the sea To the land from which you came Whatever be its name

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country. My citizens of the world. Ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

I was born an American, I live like an American, I will die an American.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage. . . Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

But since racism always hides under a respectable guise - usually the guise of patriotism and religion - a great many people loathed us for knocking holes in these respectable guises. It was realization that racial injustice was for the good of all society, not just for the good of the oppressed.

Moreover, there was what Amy called "the cocksuckers' contingent of the country"—what Danny knew as the dumber-than-dog-shit element, those bully patriots—and they were too set in their ways or too poorly educated (or both) to see beyond the ceaseless flag-waving and nationalistic bluster.

I'll tell you what's wrong with dumb-shit patriotism--it's delusional! It signifies nothing but the American need to win

patriotism is not necessarily defined as blind devotion to a president's particular agenda—and that to dispute a presidential policy is not necessarily anti-American.

In short,I might take seriously the idea of service to my country when my country begins to demonstrate that it gives a shit about me!

I think national pride leads to nothing but wars and hate

To contribute to the war effort, citizens across the country endured the "meatless days" during the week, the one "wheatless meal" every day.

We must train and classify the whole of our male citizens, and make military instruction a regular part of collegiate education.

You can take the boy out of England, but you can't take England out of the boy. And ummm, yes, I feel a huge emotional attachment to England.

The one absolute certain way to bring this nation to ruin ... would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.

I'm proud to be an American, I'll tell you. What a program and what a place and what an experience.

No democracy has ever long survived the failure of its adherents to be ready to die for it. My own conviction is this, the people must either go on or go under.

What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it.

My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian.

Being American is not a matter of birth. We must practice it every day, lest we become something else.

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

As the tricolour was unfurled against the sky, a light rain began to fall an s a resounding cheer broke through. he stood in the sea of his countrymen and women, unable or unwilling to return to the flagstaff. The Governer general, standing upright in the car, saluted the flag. A bright rainbow appeared emblazoning saffron, white, green - the colours of Independent India - in the blue sky. Jawahar felt curiously light. As if Indra himself had unfurled the tricoor from his indradhanush!