Patriotism Quotes

The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.

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.

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.

Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized.

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage.

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

Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.

I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.

I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.

There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.

If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit.

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

Patriotism has served, at different times, as widely different ends as a razor, which ought to be used in keeping your face clean and yet may be used to cut your own throat or that of an innocent person.

Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.

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

1 month ago the American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the selflessness, patriotism and heroism by our troops, our National Guard and Reserves.

Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.

In 'The King's Speech,' patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the fight is clear, it hasn't become complicated over time.

One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.

The tree of liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't.

But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.

But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.

The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny.

Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

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

I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.

The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.