Quotes About Patriotism

In the U.S.A., we want to sing along with the chorus and ignore the verses, ignore the blues. . . No one is going to hold up a cigarette lighter in a stadium to the tune of mourn together, suffer together. City on a hill, though -- that has a backbeat we can dance to. And that's why the citizens of the United States not only elected and reelected Ronald Reagan; that's why we ARE Ronald Reagan.

The victory at Trenton boosted morale among the troops, the Congress, and the people to a degree possibly unwarranted by winning back a town in New Jersey, what with it being a town in New Jersey.

For the better part of the 1990s, it seemed like the only Americans who publicly described themselves as patriots were scary militia types hiding out in the backwoods of Michigan and Montana, cleaning their guns.

More than anyone on earth, Lafayette was mournfully aware of the uniqueness of the American republic he had fought to build.

But they're already singing our praises! They are Americans. They toot their horns for anything.

Da wo wir lieben, ist Vaterland; wo wit geniessen, ist Hof und Haus.

Patriotism can flourish only where racism and nationalism are given no quarter. We should never mistake patriotism for nationalism. A patriot is one who loves his homeland. A nationalist is one who scorns the homelands of others.

A patriot is one who loves his homeland. A nationalist is one who scorns the homelands of others.

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.

Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country.

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.

The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States.

One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism.

Those men and women were not press-ganged into service. It was not just a choice for them. It was and remains a calling. And sir, no nation on earth can hope to survive long without people who will answer that call. No nation can hope to survive if it does not respect what they have offered and do the hard things that history sometimes asks of us. Sometimes, Mister President, there is no answer but blood.

There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism.

If you're going to be killed you invent some kind of flag and country to fight for, and if you survive you get to love the thing

I may be a criminal lunatic, but I'm an AMERICAN criminal lunatic!

Patriots built Auschwitz. You start believing that "my country wrong or right" shit, and it always ends up at the same place: a pit filled with bones.

So you're British?' said Billy. 'I think of myself as English first, British second. It's a way of keeping the Scots and Welsh at a distance, never mind the Irish.

Then join hand in hand, brave Americans allBy uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.

America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.

Better one suffer, than a nation grieve.

All my life I have had a certain idea of France.

I always feel very connected to Canada. My reference for everything is my Canadian background, my life in Canada. Particularly on this issue of refugee immigration: I couldn't be prouder of Canada.