Patriotism Quotes
My definition of patriotism is that it is unconscionable for you to disrespect the flag. You can be a patriot and challenge the government without disrespecting the flag.
Emily Compagno
Attorney
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.
Rebecca Harding Davis
American author
One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism.
John Avlon
American journalist
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain
American writer
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
American writer
Patriotism is love of country. But you can't love your country without loving your countrymen and countrywomen. We don't always have to agree, but we must empower each other, we must find the common ground, we must build bridges across our differences to pursue the common good.
Cory Booker
United States Senator
I respect and value the ideals of rugged individualism and self-reliance. But rugged individualism didn't defeat the British, it didn't get us to the moon, build our nation's highways, or map the human genome. We did that together. This is the high call of patriotism.
Cory Booker
United States Senator
I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.
John F. Kerry
United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
Patriotism is the secret resource of a successful society.
Michael Ignatieff
Former Leader of the Official Opposition of Canada
Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
Calvin Coolidge
American attorne
You are patriotic when you condemn and fight for fellow citizens. That is patriotism for me.
Jwala Gutta
Indian badminton player
The values, the programs, the formula, the determination, and the patriotism responsible for America's past success are still here to be tapped.
Michael Mandelbaum
American author
I don't think anyone has qualms in saying victory to the people of India. But when a political party appropriates such a slogan and says this is the definition of patriotism, those who say it are patriotic and those who don't are not patriotic, then I reject that definition.
P. Chidambaram
Indian politician
Our nuclear scientists and engineers have done a splendid job, and naturally, the entire nation has risen to salute their professional excellence, discipline, and patriotism. They have had the benefit of having been led in the past by great men like Homi Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Former Prime Minister of India
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright
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.
Greil Marcus
American author
America is not static. America is striving. And sometimes, America requires critique. Jingoism is an avoidance of realism. You can simultaneously love and be disappointed in the object of your love, wanting it to be better than it is. In fact, that is a measure of love. Honest critique is a pillar of patriotism.
Charles M. Blow
American journalist
I ask the educational system, the parents, the church, and pillars of the community to help shape a new culture of honesty, patriotism, respect, discipline and service for young Filipinos.
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism.
John Amery
British author
We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us.
Francis John Mcconnell
social reformer
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