828 Quotes About Patriotism

Sorry, but when anyone self-applies the label of "patriot" I gag a little.

Kama huijui historia ya Zanzibar kwa nini unajiita Mtanzania? Uzalendo ni pamoja na kuijua nchi yako.

Patriotism in its simplest, clearest and most indubitable signification is nothing else but a means of obtaining for the rulers their ambitions and covetous desires, and for the ruled the abdication of human dignity, reason, conscience, and a slavish enthrallment to those in power.

What makes a human being want to kill another who has done him no personal harm? Patriotism.

A man’s true world should be the space and people that enrich his soul,

I and motherland are one. My name is Million, because for millions do I love and suffer agonies.

He wondered if the real world was that one in which men fought for policies and principles and died or lived gloriously - or more often miserably - for the sake of an abstract word like patriotism or independence, or if reality belonged to the humble people and the common land.

Patriotism is not defined by loyalty to a particular elected official or political party. Indeed, excess loyalty to a single individual or party is the very antithesis of patriotism, as it places fealty to that individual or party over allegiance to the country, its interests, and its values. True patriotism is measured by the extent to which one believes in, and is willing to fight for and defend, the defining values and core principles of our country.

We need to move past the idea that a critical evaluation of our country's past (and its present, for that matter) means we are anti-American or unpatriotic. We can be proud of our country and its many positive features and noble ideas while still pointing out where we as a nation have come up short or been plainly wrong.