Patriotism Quotes

Our platform calls for a balanced deficit reduction plan where the wealthy pay their fair share. And when your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism.

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

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

Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis might be being put on nationality and on the other hand patriotism, that sort of thing.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!

But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore.

A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.

America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that "treason" is morally worse than murder or rape.

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?

There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people.

Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!

It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.

The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in the name of a wise, honourable and democratic patriotism.

What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends.

Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes.

There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism.

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.

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

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

The sight of nature fascinates, the family tie has a sweet enchantment and patriotism gives the religious spirit a fiery devotion to the powers that it reveres.

The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.

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

Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.

Look, I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism.

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique.

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!

I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.