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Quotes About Patriotism

But as far as being an American and loving this country and getting a chance to travel across it every day and meeting people on the road and folks in the military, I love this country on so many different levels.
~ Dierks Bentley
I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision.
~ Dominique de Villepin
For you, being patriotic may mean protesting against an unjust war and being willing to go to jail to save your country from a costly mistake. Which one of us is patriotic? Both of us. We just think differently about what is best for the country. And the reason we think differently is because each of us is operating under a different framework,
~ Don Edward Beck
To be a Frenchman means to fight for your country and its wine," he said.
~ Don Kladstrup
Fair and good [kalòn … agathòn] the man who falls fighting in the front rank, dying for the fatherland.
~ Donald Kagan
National honor is national property of the highest value.
~ James Monroe
The Navy is much more than a job; much more than service to country. It is a way of life. It gets in your blood.
~ Albert F. Pratt
I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life, but who joined the army after war was declared.
~ Patrick MacGill
I had a simple goal in life: to be true to my parents and our country as an honorable son, a caring brother, and a good citizen.
~ Benigno Aquino III
However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind.
~ Douglas MacArthur
My whole life was service to people and the Fatherland.
~ Wilhelm Frick
If I begin my book with a review of the coup, it is only to show that my abiding interests for Australia did not end with it. They shall end only with a long and fortunate life.
~ Gough Whitlam
I've never been more nervous in my life than singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl.
~ Kelly Clarkson
My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn't really talk about it. I know that it's there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really.
~ Jeremy Northam
In some odd gush of patriotism, my mother had once vomited on the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, and a bust of Benjamin Franklin in a single summer, aborting our vacation and causing my father to swear off historical sites until the day he died.
~ Jerry Stahl
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.
~ Jesse Ventura
I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief.
~ Jesse Ventura
I love my country, not my government.
~ Jesse Ventura
There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.
~ Jesse Ventura
I love my freedom. I love my America.
~ Jessi Lane Adams
State and home country, there's a difference
~ Erich Maria Remarque
We loved our country as much as they; we went courageously into every action; but also we distinguished the false from true, we had suddenly learned to see. And we saw that there was nothing of their world left. We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.
~ Erich Maria Remarque
While they taught that duty to one's country is the greatest thing, we already knew that death-throes are stronger.
~ Erich Maria Remarque
Es sind die Uniformen. Nimm ihnen die Kostüme weg, und es gibt keinen Menschen mehr, der Soldat sein will.
~ Erich Maria Remarque