Heroism on command senseless violence and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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.
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent rebellion and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.
It was patriotism not communism that inspired me.
The greater the state the more wrong and cruel its patriotism and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.
Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.
We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.
The very idea of true patriotism is lost and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes. A patriot sir! Why patriots spring up like mushrooms!
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.
We the People recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me a freedom without a commitment to others a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism is unworthy of our founding ideals and those who died in their defense.
One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able vicariously to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat what's more with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.
Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts patriotism idealism a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.
But this Veterans Day I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.
What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends.
Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.
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.
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.
If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common.
We are a big country with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time to ask for an effort in the battle against debt.
There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical questioning and often angry patriotism.
These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.
If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism you need to vote for a change in direction.
The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny.
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.
Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty to true culture has been a rebel a 'universal' without patriotism without home who has found his people everywhere.
I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism generally.
I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief.
Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal which we all want to surpass and some don't.
There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made between patriotism which is attachment to a way of life and nationalism which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life.
One if you attack my integrity I will defend myself. If you attack my patriotism I will defend myself. If you come after my family I will counter-attack viciously I will destroy you.
I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially people would question but once patriotism got stirred up the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
In every society in human history including the United States those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotism as a way of getting greater support for their policy and insulating themselves from any criticism.
The higher American patriotism on the other hand combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise.
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.
I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people.
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.
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.