Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. Calvin Coolidge on patriotism
Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency. Douglas MacArthur on patriotism
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. Bertrand Russell on patriotism
Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism. George Orwell on patriotism
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. Samuel Johnson on patriotism
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. Howard Zinn on patriotism
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. Barbara Ehrenreich on patriotism
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. Charles de Gaulle on patriotism
A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works. Bill Vaughan on patriotism
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. Leo Tolstoy on patriotism
I have no country to fight for my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world. Eugene V. Debs on patriotism
A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. William Ralph Inge on patriotism
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. George Jean Nathan on patriotism
137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy. Doc Hastings on patriotism
Patriotism is a kind of religion it is the egg from which wars are hatched. Guy de Maupassant on patriotism
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. Diogenes on patriotism
To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography. George Santayana on patriotism
We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail. Dave Barry on patriotism
Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb Americans who love their country and hate the enemy. Ann Coulter on patriotism
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell on patriotism