Patriotism Quotes - Page 7

True patriotism is not worship of our nation but rather, in the light of our worship of the God of justice, to conform our nation's ways of justice.

Be Briton still to Britain true, Among oursel's united; For never but by British hands Maun British wrangs be righted.

Patriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility.

It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win the final battle.

Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.

I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism.

"I criticize America because I love her. I want her to stand as a moral example to the world."

We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped with the first thing we ever invented, which was human liberty.

Our country is wherever we are well off. [Lat., Patria est, ubicunque est bene.]

By patriotism is meant, not only spontaneous, instinctive love for one's own nation, and preference for it above all other nations, but also the belief that such love and preference are good and useful.

Patriotism is the principle that will justify the training of wholesale murderers.

I want to light the lights of patriotism.

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

I was born an American, I live like an American, I will die an American.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism.

Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous.

If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction.

An armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that without standing armies their liberty can never be in danger, nor with large ones safe.

Patriotism is the religion of hell.

I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness.

If what your country is doing seems to you practically and morally wrong, is dissent the highest form of patriotism?

The slight reproach to which the virtue of patriotism is commonly liable, the noble are most likely to incur.

Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country. - March 15, 1783

If one harbours anywhere in one's mind a nationalistic loyalty or hatred, certain facts, although in a sense known to be true, are inadmissible.