Quotes About Loyalty

Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized.

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

He is a poor patriot whose patriotism does not enable him to understand how all men everywhere feel about their altars and their hearthstones, their flag and their fatherland.

The unattractive thing about chauvinism is not so much the aversion to other nations as the love of one's own.

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.

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

Patriotism is the last refuge of the sculptor.

I want to caution that we must not confuse patriotism with blind endorsement of bad policies.

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

Saying you are a patriot is not enough - you have to be one.

True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.

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.

If I want to transform patriotism then I do not proceed in the slightest against the fine fact of the nation but against the mixing up of the nation and the state.

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

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

Patriotism is a salt against rottenness, a glorious spur to high endeavour; it recovers the half-obliterated virtue of loyalty, calls every man to service, and ennobles great and small alike.

Patriotism is the passion of fools and the most foolish of passions.

The highest form of patriotism is dissent.

When a whole nation is roaring patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and the purity of its heart.

By ' patriotism ' I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life , which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force on other people.

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.