Famous Quotes About patriotism

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

True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.

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 indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism.

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

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 in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them.

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

To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary... is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds.

I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community.