Quotes About Allegiance

I hope to find my country in the right: however I will stand by her, right or wrong.

I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.

Patriotism should be sought for and will be found in right living. No man can be a good Latter-day Saint and not be true to the best interests and general welfare of his country.

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

The people are urged to be patriotic ... by sacrificing their own children. Patriotism requires allegience to the flag, which means obedience and readiness to kill father, mother, brother, sister.

There is a higher form of patriotism than nationalism, and that higher form is not limited by the boundaries of one's country; but by a duty to mankind to safeguard the trust of civilization.

Conceit, arrogance, and egotism are the essentials of patriotism.

No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own.

Patriotism is the admission that people who share a land, a place, and a history have a special obligation to that place and to each other.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If love is blind, patriotism has lost all five senses.

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.

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.

The love of Americans for their country is not an indulgent, it is an exacting and chastising love; they cannot tolerate its defects.

Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy.

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams

I can train a monkey to wave an American flag. That does not make the monkey patriotic.

Patriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility.

'Twas for the good of my country that I should be abroad. Anything for the good of one's country-I'm a Roman for that.

The slight reproach to which the virtue of patriotism is commonly liable, the noble are most likely to incur.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.