Top 494 Patriotism Quotes

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.

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

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.

Michael Ignatieff

Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide... but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.

Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide... but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.

Jesse Ventura

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.

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

I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community.

I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community.

Chrissie Hynde

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

George Santayana

If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it.

If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it.

Bob Hope

The sole and basic source of our strength is the solidarity of workers, peasants and the intelligentsia, the solidarity of the nation, the solidarity of people who seek to live in dignity, truth, and in harmony with their conscience.

Lech Walesa

I am unable to watch the Olympics due to the blustering jingoism that drenches the event. Has England ever been quite so foul with patriotism? The 'dazzling royals' have, quite naturally, hi-jacked the Olympics for their own empirical needs, and no oppositional voice is allowed in the free press.

Morrissey

The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in the name of a wise, honourable and democratic patriotism.

The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in the name of a wise, honourable and democratic patriotism.

Todd Gitlin

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