Quotes About Patriotism

Being called up to the national team isn't a competition of who's more patriotic.

I grew up being very patriotic. My parents really love this country. A big part of what they love is freedom of speech... I'm fearless because aren't we supposed to be able to speak our mind?

I'm not much at saying patriotic things.

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it.

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.

I want to light the lights of patriotism.

I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism.

It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.

There's a fine line between patriotism and corn.

For you are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making.

Xenophobia is dangerous, but patriotism is a good thing.

I have been with Donald for 18 years, and I have been aware of his love for this country since we first met. He never had a hidden agenda when it comes to his patriotism because, like me, he loves this country so much.

Let no American imagine that Zionism is inconsistent with patriotism. Multiple loyalties are objectionable only if they are inconsistent.

War isn't just about bravery and courage and jingoism and patriotism. It's also fundamentally about grief. And the people that go and do the fighting and the dying are never the people who actually benefit from the fighting and the dying.

There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a way of life, and nationalism, which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life.

My definition of patriotism is that it is unconscionable for you to disrespect the flag. You can be a patriot and challenge the government without disrespecting the flag.

True patriotism is loving your country and countrymen enough to want to make it better.

It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they're not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans.

Throughout my professional basketball career, I have always voiced my patriotism for my native land.

The Montreal Olympics were in July 1976, the bicentennial, at the height of patriotism.

I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally.

Every year in China, Internet executives are officially rewarded for their 'patriotism.'

Patriotism is something I wear in my heart not on my head.