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

I think the Hispanic community, the values that resonate in our community, are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family, patriotism.
Ted Cruz on patriotism

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.
Joseph Brodsky on patriotism

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.
Bob Riley on patriotism

Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's?
Wallace Shawn on patriotism

My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian.
Malcolm Turnbull on 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 on patriotism

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.
Todd Gitlin on patriotism

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't.
Todd Gitlin on patriotism

In 'The King's Speech,' patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the fight is clear, it hasn't become complicated over time.
Tom Hooper on patriotism

I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally.
Tom Hooper on patriotism

Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.
Robert Walpole on patriotism

The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it?
Ronnie James Dio on patriotism

Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.
Henry Steele Commager on patriotism

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.
George J. Mitchell on patriotism

Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose ethnic composition is taken for granted.
Michael Ignatieff on patriotism

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

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.
Evan Bayh on patriotism

I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism. Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country? And they are also hard work and responsibility.
Ted Cruz on patriotism

Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized.
Steve Allen on patriotism