Famous Quotes About patriotism

Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill.

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

Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.

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

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

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.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong no matter who does it or who says it.

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.