Patriotism Quotes

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.

Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

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.

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

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.

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.

It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they're not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

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

I want to light the lights of patriotism.