Quotes About Patriotism

No. I mean, if I were going by the book, I should have cited him, but sometimes you got to go by the spirit of the law. He fought for our country.

A candidate who, night after night, tries "to capitalize on the emotion of honest patriotism, cheapens the impulse.… It is like playing on the sacredness of mother love for the purposes of promotion.

Union and Liberty, now and forever, one and inseparable!

And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country" that they summoned up, and, in some ways, summed up, the best of the American spirit, igniting hopes so that, almost on the instant it seemed, they summoned up a new era for Americans, an era of ideals, of brightness, of hope.

It is a bad sign when the people of a country stop identifying themselves with the country and start identifying with a group. A racial group. Or a religion. Or a language. Anything, as long as it isn't the whole population.

He had more than his share of that streak of anarchy which was the birthright of every American;

By the sixties everyone talked about his "rights" and no one spoke of his duties—and patriotism was a subject for jokes.

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And any domesticated primate alpha male, however cruel or crooked, can rally the primate tribe behind him by howling that a rival alpha male is about to lead his gang in an attack on this habitat. These two mammalian reflexes are known, respectively, as Religion and Patriotism. They work for domesticated primates, as for the wild primates, because they are Evolutionary Relative Successes. (So far.)

E.M. Forster, who said that if he had to choose between betraying his country and betraying his friend, he hoped he'd have the courage to betray his country.

Dr. (Samuel) Johnson said patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

They were about to go to war with Uncle Sam. And it broke their hearts.

That frail and stooped old man is Bud Day. That is Misty 1.

Originality and initiative are what I ask for my country.

and indeed many of those harmed often vote for politicians who will increase their relative impoverishment. Thus the power of hegemony: we may be poor but at least we're patriots!

I swear...I'll deliver the message for the love of my country.

Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.

My definition of secularism is very clear. The sole religion of the Government is Nation First, the holy book is the Constitution.

The United States is not a nation based upon race, creed, or religion - we are a nation based upon our loyalty and allegiance to our country and her principles.

When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!

My love for my country is my religion.

The false religion of lust is baser than the false religion of mother-love or patriotism or art: but lust is less likely to be made into a religion.

Priests are no more necessary to religion than politicians are to patriotism.

If a religion is unpatriotic, it ain't right.