Quotes About Pride

The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride and history.

Patriotism is no substitute for a sound currency.

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

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, 'the greatest', but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.

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

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.

We would rather starve than sell our national honor.

It's not always clear where a healthy patriotism shades into a dangerous nationalism.

It made me feel good to know that we had such a great country like Canada where even a poor Indian from the Red Pheasant reserve could make it to the top.

I have only a bare working knowledge of the human brain but it's enough to make me proud to be an American.

It's only important to differentiate between patriotism and nationalism. I speak of enlightened patriotism.

I die content, I die for the liberty of my country.

Patriotism is not endlessly bragging that out country is the best; rather it is wanting one's country to be the best that it can be and helping it to be that best, which is a very different matter.

I am Roman, alas, because Horace is Roman.

Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.

I hate all the loathsome nonsense that goes with patriotism.

Americans should tremble before suggesting that any fellow citizen lacks patriotism.

The flavor of patriotism depends upon its habitat.

Never be ashamed of your patriotism.

Breathes there the man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said This is my own my native land!

People who enjoy waving flags don't deserve to have one

Be proud of your people when you don't have to be ashamed of any of its social classes.