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

George Bernard Shaw

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

George Bernard Shaw

And so, my fellow americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

John F. Kennedy

Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized.

Steve Allen

Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

Calvin Coolidge

The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.

Woodrow Wilson

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

Malcolm X

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

Malcolm X

'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober.'

G. K. Chesterton

Don't be a fool and die for your country. Let the other sonofabitch die for his.

George S. Patton

When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!

David Starr Jordan

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.

John Adams

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defence and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.

Andrew Jackson

I would lay down my life to defend any one of the States from aggression, which endangered peace or threatened its institutions. I could do more for the union, but I wish to do more; for the destruction of the union would be the destruction of all the States. A stab in the heart is worse then a cut in a limb, for this may be healed.

Sam Houston

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

George Jean Nathan

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

George Mcgovern

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

Bertrand Russell

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.

George William Curtis

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

Guy De Maupassant

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress.

Thorstein Veblen

How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue! Who would not be that youth? What pity is it That we can die but once to serve our country!

Joseph Addison

When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Patriotism is the religion of hell.

James Branch Cabell

It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country.

Homer

...the glorious memory of brave men is continually renewed; the fame of those who have performed any noble deed is never allowed to die; and the renown of those who have done good service to their country becomes a matter of common knowledge to the multitude, and part of the heritage of posterity.

Polybius

Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy.

W. R. Inge

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

Sir Winston Churchill

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

George Bernard Shaw

The single best augury is to fight for one's country.

Homer

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.

George Bernard Shaw

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Oscar Wilde

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

Theodore Roosevelt

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

John Wooden

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

Albert Einstein

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Samuel Johnson

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

Joseph Brodsky

The people can always be brought to the bidding of their leaders. All you have to do is tell them that they are in danger of being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.

Hermann Goering

Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice.

Jesse Ventura

Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose.

Frank Knox

I did not support the war and was outspoken about it. And when you are outspoken, you run the risk of being attacked on issues like patriotism and loyalty.

Mira Furlan

You can feel the patriotism here.

Maggie De Weirdt

He's a man of great courage, integrity and patriotism, and a good friend.

Asa Hutchinson

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

Kjell Magne Bondevik

Patriotism is not a short outburst of emotion, but is the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

He was Mr. Red, White and Blue, ... You couldn't think of patriotism and the military without thinking of Bill Horan.

James Watkins

Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb Americans who love their country and hate the enemy.

Ann Coulter

From the War for Independence to today in Iraq and Afghanistan, I am inspired by the courage, professionalism and patriotism of our men and women in uniform.

Tim Ryan

I have struck the mother lode of patriotism.

Jim Gilchrist

If I've got money to change an election, it's going to be a lot easier on me to change your mind. If I'm only trying to change your mind on the basis of your intellect and patriotism, it's much harder.

Scott Mccown

It's a pretty amazing experience to be able to spread patriotism. It's a great opportunity to represent our school.

Julie Couton

It's the one thing everybody has in common, the aspiration to have a relationship with the United States . . . and also to express gratitude and patriotism to the United States for providing the opportunity.

Adam Kidron

We must promote patriotism, but we can never again allow South African children to be forced to submit to the degrading dogma of racial nationalism.

Tony Leon

It's clearly offensive when the president of Israel makes a criticism and instead of dealing with the essence of the criticism, Netanyahu turns it around and basically questions the motives and patriotism of the president.

David Makovsky

Pike was a very dedicated soldier on a mission for his young country and filled with patriotism.

Deborah Espinosa

This mixes patriotism, heroism and sex appeal. That covers a lot of bases. Of course some ladies would rather be a sexy Statue of Liberty.

John Majdoch

Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.

Jane Addams

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. That is all true. But it is only fair, too, to let them know that the garments of the deity are filthy and that some of her influences debase and befoul a people.

Rebecca Harding Davis

The Commission fails completely in its Green Book to react to the rebirth of 'economic patriotism' in the energy sector.

Claude Turmes

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

Henry Bolingbroke

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

Howard Thurman

The tsunami was a really good example of altruistic giving. (Most Americans) didn't know anyone there or had a strong connection; 9/11 had an element of patriotism. For this hurricane, the vast miles of destruction, plus the raw numbers affected, is one of the things driving that.

Patrick Rooney

The plan worked out much better than I anticipated, ... I tapped the mother lode of patriotism with that e-mail.

Jim Gilchrist

Nowadays you speak against those in power, and your patriotism is suspect. I think there's a correlation.

Milo Radulovich

Patriotism is not a piece of paper. Had we wanted to live in other countries, we would have stayed there. But we came to Iraq.

Ahmed Chalabi

His heroism, patriotism and service to the country are something we all need to see as a role model.

Amy Ammons

Patriotism is the last refuge of the sculptor.

William Plomer

Who have set an example for responsible, progressive patriotism.

Will Marshall

I'm an Anti-Nationalist (Nationalism - The belief that nations will benefit from acting independently rather than collectively, emphasizing national rather than international goals), Anti-War, Anti-Corruption, Pro-Music, Pro-Voice, Pro-Patriotism (Patriotism - Love and devotion to one's country), and Pro-Peace.

Kamanda Ndama

ITCH, n. The patriotism of a Scotchman.

Ambrose Bierce

Our heroes are those... who... act above and beyond the call of duty and in so doing give definition to patriotism and elevate all of us.... America is the land of the free because we are the home of the brave.

David Mahoney

In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell.

H. L. Mencken

Cub Scouts is about patriotism and citizenship, ... This is a great example of that.

Cindy Morris

The fine tradition of the Fifth Dalai Lama's patriotism, devotion to religious affairs and bringing benefits to the masses is worth being carried forward by Tibetan religious circles.

Liu Yandong

Politics is too partisan, and sometimes patriotism is cast aside. Patriotism is honor and love of your country and your brothers and sisters. With politics I get the impression that it's all about what's good for the party and not necessarily what's good for the country.

Ricardo Montalban

We love our native country, much as it has wronged us; and in the peaceable exercise of our inalienable rights, we will cling to it . . . Will you starve our patriotism?

Robert Purvis

We want people to show their patriotism. We'd like to have a lot of participation. We're hoping for 300 or 400.

Dan Matthews

Patriotism is one of the core values of the NWTF. We are indebted to our troops and veterans and honor them in any way we can.

Rob Keck

It's not patriotism when you say my country, right or wrong.

Cindy Sheehan

Just patriotism, ... No matter what went down, we were supporting our own nation and land.

Bill Freeman

Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.

Evan Bayh

It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they're not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans.

E. J. Hobsbawm