Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. -George Jean Nathan Patriotism
Patriotism demands the ability to feel shame as much as to feel pride. -Anne-Marie Slaughter Patriotism
I don't think a lot of people are able to relate to genuine patriotism, a genuinely good feeling about our country and its meaning to the rest of the world. -Christopher McCulloch Patriotism
I don't like the showy nationalism - a tattoo, wrapping yourself in a flag - that doesn't matter to me. The way to show your patriotism and commitment is to go and support or play for your team. -Gary Speed Patriotism
I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about? -Valerie Plame Patriotism
Let the living give thanks to our honored dead who have paid the ultimate sacrifice that the Constitution of the United States remains our guiding light. -Bob Latta Patriotism
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! -Robert Walpole Patriotism
Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors. -Arthur Schopenhauer Patriotism
I gave my heart to the Americans and thought of nothing else but raising my banner and adding my colors to theirs. -Marquis de Lafayette Patriotism
I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be. -Bob Dylan Patriotism
I know it is very hard to rise above the influences of party prejudice. Often, it almost drowns the sentiment of patriotism. Party rancor and party hatred are the last serpents which the genius of patriotism can crush. -Joseph P. Bradley 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 Patriotism
Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime. -George Borrow Patriotism
Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched. -Guy de Maupassant 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 Patriotism
I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision. -Dominique de Villepin Patriotism
Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced. -Robert Walpole Patriotism
Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It's all a bit silly. -Will Thomas Patriotism
