Patriotism Quotes

Patriotism Quote of the day

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.

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

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

When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice. The Bible tells us, 'How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity.'

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

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

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

The Creator made Italy with designs by Michelangelo.

Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man.

It is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during 'God save the King' than of stealing from a poor box

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.

Now that a full flood of music has swept over our country, let Nikhil practise his scales, while we rouse the land with our cracked voices[.]

Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official.

My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious

It is the love of country that has lighted and that keeps glowing the holy fire of patriotism.

I advance in life, I grow more simple, and I become more and more patriotic for humanity.

His (Lincoln's) patriotism was saved from idolatry by the overwhelming sense of the sovereignty of God.

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.

I would remind my countrymen that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour.

One cannot worship the false god of nationalism and the God of Christianity at the same time. .

More than anything, it is that sense - that despite great differences in wealth, we rise and fall together - that we can't afford to lose.

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

So, let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look over not only ourselves, but each other.

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.

They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.

Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise.

Art invariably grows out of a period when, in general, the artist admires his own nation and wants to win its approval.

They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king.

I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions.

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.

I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people.

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.

There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.

Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose.

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

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

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

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.