Quotes About Patriotism

It must never be unpatriotic to support your country against your government. It must always be unpatriotic to support your government against your country.

Love of country is nowhere the same as love of government.

Here's your enemy for this week, the government says. And some gullible Americans click their heels and salute - often without knowing who or even where the enemy of the week is.

I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government.

Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.

Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong.

It must be good to be in Germany and France, because I have completely forgotten what it is like to be proud of your government.

The true American patriot is by definition skeptical of the government.

It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism.

Stand up and pledge with me: A government of the United States is not on the auction block. And America is not for sale!

My position is that it isn't government's job to mandate patriotism. To me, mandating a pledge of allegiance to a government is something Saddam Hussein would do.

For me the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that's what separates us from other countries.

But whether the resistance against government tyrants is non-violent or physically violent, the effort to overthrow state oppression qualifies as true patriotism.

Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

I believe that a government has only one religion - India first. A government has only one holy book - our Constitution. A government has only one kind of devotion - towards nation.

I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?

Why is America such a great country. It is because we stand united.

When you grow up as the daughters of George and Laura Bush, you develop a special appreciation for how blessed we are to live in this great country.

Guilty as hell. Free as a bird. America is a great country.

Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.

England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality.

I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.

I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn't spring full-bloom from my brow - they came from the heart of a great nation.