828 Quotes About Patriotism

The time has come for nations to sell their patriotism and buy wisdom.

Well, yeah," Dovey said. "That's America. We watch shows about rich people's houses and their designer dresses and we drool. It's patriotic.

Ljubav prema sopstvenom narodu je kao ljubav prema kiselim krastavcima i kao književna tema je odavno potrošena.

I suspect the next 10 years will be years of turmoil and hardship the globe over, and with that will come a surge in a certain kind of American patriotism. Therefore, American Christians will be challenged to remember where our true fealty lies. I’m not saying there’s no place for patriotism. But Christians are people whose first allegiance cannot be to a nation-state, not to any nation-state. Increased geopolitical tension may tempt us to forget that.

Setia hingga akhir di dalam keyakinan.

Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.

[A] nation must ravage itself before foreigners can ravage it, a man must despise himself before others can despise him.

I grew up in an atmosphere tinged with militarism, and afterwards I spent five boring years within the sound of bugles. To this day it gives me a faint feeling of sacrilege not to stand to attention during ‘God save the King’. That is childish, of course, but I would sooner have had that kind of upbringing than be like the left-wing intellectuals who are so ‘enlightened’ that they cannot understand the most ordinary emotions.

Patriotism is racism for the modern era.