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I am not Left or Right. I believe in nationalism, patriotism, the federal structure, democracy, and the poor.
The slight reproach to which the virtue of patriotism is commonly liable, the noble are most likely to incur.
The stench of the trail of Ego in our History. It is ego - ego, the fountain cry, origin, sole source of war.
African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism.
Of the many unforeseen consequences of typography, the emergence of nationalism is, perhaps, the most familiar
The unattractive thing about chauvinism is not so much the aversion to other nations as the love of one's own.
Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.
Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.
Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide... but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.
I gave my heart to the Americans and thought of nothing else but raising my banner and adding my colors to theirs.
To work hard. To open new doors for our kids, for our grandkids. To renew our spirit. That's what America is about.
For me, tribalism and religion are basically the big reasons we're in trouble. Patriotism, tribalism, and religion.
We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.
But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore.
Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion, a sentimentality of flag-cheering with no constructive duties.
If what your country is doing seems to you practically and morally wrong, is dissent the highest form of patriotism?
It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win the final battle.
You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.
In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell.
Be Briton still to Britain true, Among oursel's united; For never but by British hands Maun British wrangs be righted.
'Twas for the good of my country that I should be abroad. Anything for the good of one's country-I'm a Roman for that.
I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.
There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people.
When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!
There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.
If one's patriotism is merely instinctive it is irrational and irresponsible, and consequently a danger to one's country.
Flags are bits of colored cloth used first to shrinkwrap people's brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.
It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, 'the greatest', but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.
Patriotism does not oblige us to acquiesce in the destruction of liberty. Patriotism obliges us to question it, at least.
Patriotism cannot be instilled inside anybody, it just happens to be there. And it can rise above any notion, any emotion.
[On the House Un-American Activities Committee] They'll nail anyone who ever scratched his ass during the National Anthem.
Patriotism is merely a religion-love of country, worship of country, devotion to the country's flag and honor and welfare.
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land.
Patriotism is one of the unalterable facts of man's nature. It is a virtue if you like it, and a vice if you don't like it.
The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism . . .
During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.
Our national motto is 'In God we Trust,' reminding us that faith in our Creator is the most important American value of all.
Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism.
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 tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.
It is not the reporter's job to be a patriot or to presume to determine where patriotism lies. His job is to relate the facts.
And have they fixed the where, and when? And shall Trelawny die? Here's thirty thousand Cornish men, Will know the reason why!
How is it that this debate has been twisted on its head, that somehow those that advocate peace and diplomacy are anti-American?
The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.