Patriotism Quotes

One, if you attack my integrity, I will defend myself. If you attack my patriotism, I will defend myself. If you come after my family, I will counter-attack viciously, I will destroy you.

Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.

One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism.

I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.

My films are always concerned with family, friendship, honor, and patriotism.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

We are a big country, with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time... to ask for an effort in the battle against debt.

I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision.

The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise.

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.

It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism.

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.

It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win the final battle.

It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.

We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism.

There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism.

During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.

If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction.

Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose.

In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia.

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

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.

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.