828 Quotes About Patriotism

Who are we? We are the lovers of this land. Who are we? We are the children of this land. Who are we? We are the soldiers of this land.

A man should smellbetter than his country

He recognized the feeling for what it was - the need within him to protect and care for something beyond himself. It was that in part that these past years had led him to fight so many fights that were not his. And yet, was not the cause of human liberty and freedom always every man’s trust? (A Man Called Trent, chapter 1)

A great cheer rose from the islands, drifting up to the puzzled sailors aboard the North Carolina. Why are they cheering for us? We haven’t done anything. But it was the promised of what they could do, would do, that brought the cheers. They felt humbled, proud, scared, determined.

This is our sacred land, Bharat, a land whose glories are sung by theGods, a land visualized by Mahayogi Aurobindo as the living manifestationof the Divine Mother of the universe, the Jaganmaataa, the Aadishakti,the Mahaamaayaa, the Mahaadurgaa, Who has assumed concrete form toenable us to see Her and worship Her,...a land worshipped by all our seers andsages as Maatrubhoomi, Dharmabhoomi, Karmabhoomi and Punybhoomi, averitable Devabhoomi and Mokshabhoomi" -

To love a country, as to love a person, is to love a flawed and exquisite creation, to see what is best in it, to be angry when it is not what it could be, precisely because you have seen glimmers of its greatness.

As we stepped into the large mess hall, a band began to play "The Star Spangled Banner," and Old Glory was unfurled before us. I came undone. I couldn't help it; I began to sob. This was the first American flag we had seen in years. No one who had not experienced the past four years with us could understand what it meant to see that flag and hear that song. I thought my heart would burst within me with pride and with the first-born feeling of being really free!

As a mother lovesHer mutilated childI love this,My beloved country.

I can't tell you how much the sight of the flag means to me, or the heritage of the military men who came before me. It's about this country and it's people.