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Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself.
Talking of patriotism, what humbug it is; it is a word which always commemorates a robbery.
But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.
I never considered myself a patriot. I like to think I recognize only humanity as my nation.
A patriot is one who wrestles for the soul of her country as she wrestles for her own being.
Into the soul of every student I would have instilled the patriotic fervor of Patrick Henry.
Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.
Protection and patriotism are reciprocal. This is the way which has led nations to greatness.
If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction.
I'm glad to see a lot of patriotism in this country - I haven't seen that since World War II.
I want to caution that we must not confuse patriotism with blind endorsement of bad policies.
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
I have no sense of nationalism, only a cosmic consciousness of belonging to the human family.
It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot.
For what were all these country patriots born? To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn?
"I criticize America because I love her. I want her to stand as a moral example to the world."
I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command.
There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.
I want America to be more like America, if you will. I want the songs, that patriotism we have.
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders.
It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.
Religion, morality, and patriotism are feelings that are manifested only when they are outraged.
To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag.
Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't.
Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don’t.
When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!
Throughout my professional basketball career, I have always voiced my patriotism for my native land.
A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.
The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.
We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and I keep step to the music of the Union.
On the contrary, I'm a universal patriot, if you could understand me rightly: my country is the world.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.
The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice -- and always has been.
Force, violence, pressure, or compulsion with a view to conformity, are both uncivilized and undemocratic
You need people with the courage to stand up and voice their opposition without being labeled unpatriotic.
Let's get rid of all the economic (expletive) this country represents! Bring it on, I hope the Muslims win!
The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.
Strike-for your altars and your fires; Strike-for the green graves of your sires; God-and your native land!
A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril.
I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.
Then the American flag was saluted. In general, in the United States people always salute the American flag.
Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics.
I would remind my countrymen that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour.