Quotes About Patriotism

Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice.

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.

Blind faith in bad leaders is not patriotism.

The love of Americans for their country is not an indulgent, it is an exacting and chastising love; they cannot tolerate its defects.

If I want to transform patriotism then I do not proceed in the slightest against the fine fact of the nation but against the mixing up of the nation and the state.

Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.

Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy.

Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel. He is the man who talks the loudest.

Educators must resist the quest for certainty. If there were certainty there would be no scientific advancement. So it is with morals and patriotism.

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams

Someone said that patriotism is the last refuge of cowards; those without moral principles usually wrap a flag around themselves, and those bastards always talk about the purity of race.

The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism . . .

Patriotism is a salt against rottenness, a glorious spur to high endeavour; it recovers the half-obliterated virtue of loyalty, calls every man to service, and ennobles great and small alike.

We know that no one should tell a woman she has to bear an unwanted child. We know that religious beliefs cannot define patriotism.

Patriotism is the passion of fools and the most foolish of passions.

The highest form of patriotism is dissent.

When a whole nation is roaring patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and the purity of its heart.

By ' patriotism ' I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life , which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force on other people.

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.

The sight of nature fascinates, the family tie has a sweet enchantment and patriotism gives the religious spirit a fiery devotion to the powers that it reveres.

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.

We would rather starve than sell our national honor.

In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.