Patriotism Quotes - page 15

Patriotism calls for the faithful and conscientious performance of all of the duties of citizenship, in small matters as well as great, at home as well as upon the tented field. (William Jennings Bryan)
America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape. View quote
William Blum
But, if I may even flatter myself, that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good; that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism; this hope will be a full recompense for the solicitude for your welfare, by which they have been dictated. View quote
George Washington
We are apt to run from one extreme into another. To anticipate & prevent disasterous contingencies would be the part of wisdom & patriotism. View quote
George Washington
Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous. View quote
Jimmy Carter
I've been working with Pat Robertson on Africa debt-relief, and we disagree on virtually everything except certain very specific, inalienable rights, and the truth is that morality and patriotism come in all shapes and sizes. View quote
George Clooney
Vasyl Slipak showed by his example an incredible will of Ukrainians to defend their native land. As a volunteer fighter, he demonstrated an example of patriotism and self-sacrifice to many, particularly our young people. View quote
Vasyl Slipak
Vasyl Slipak is a lighthouse of the Ukrainian nation. Through his spiritual light, he pointed to the whole path, the path of goodness, devotion, sacrifice, and patriotism. Although he was forcibly extinguished, Ukrainians should go further and not change the road. View quote
Vasyl Slipak
When the women of the country come in and sit with you, though there may be but very few in the next few years, I pledge you that you will get ability, you will get integrity of purpose, you will get exalted patriotism, and you will get unstinted usefulness. View quote
Rebecca Latimer Felton
Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents. View quote
Jesse Ventura
Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide... but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism. (Jesse Ventura)
My position is that it isn't government's job to mandate patriotism. To me, mandating a pledge of allegiance to a government is something Saddam Hussein would do. View quote
Jesse Ventura
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. View quote
John R. Bolton
I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism. View quote
Michael Ignatieff
Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose ethnic composition is taken for granted. View quote
Michael Ignatieff
There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism. View quote
Michael Ignatieff
We talk a great deal about patriotism. What do we mean by patriotism in the context of our times? View quote
Adlai Stevenson II
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. View quote
Greil Marcus
The ''Communism'' of the English intellectual is something explicable enough. It is the patriotism of the deracinated. View quote
George Orwell
One cannot see the modern world as it is unless one recognizes the overwhelming strength of patriotism, national loyalty. View quote
George Orwell
Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism. (George Orwell)
What is patriotism but love of the good things we ate in our childhood? I have said elsewhere that the loyalty to Uncle Sam is the loyalty to doughnuts and ham and sweet potatoes and the loyalty to the German Vaterland is the loyalty to Pfannkuchen and Christmas Stollen. View quote
Lin Yutang
First and foremost let us all resolve that in this country hereafter we shall place far less emphasis upon the question of right and much greater emphasis upon the matter of duty. A republic can't succeed and won't succeed in the tremendous international stress of the modern world unless its citizens possess that form of high-minded patriotism which consists in putting devotion to duty before the question of individual rights. This must be done in our family relations or the family will go to pieces. View quote
Theodore Roosevelt
The virtues of courage and patriotism have given recent proof of their continued presence and increasing power in the hearts and over the lives of our people. View quote
Benjamin Harrison
It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me. View quote
Ho Chí Minh