828 Quotes About Patriotism

Many a bum show has been saved by the flag.

My country wrong or right, is like saying my mother, drunk or sober.

''My country, right or wrong'' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying ''My mother, drunk or sober.''

I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.

Patriotism is the religion of hell.

Our country is wherever we are well off. [Lat., Patria est, ubicunque est bene.]

Patria est communis omnium parens. Our country is the common parent of all.

Safety is the last refuge of the scoundrel!

We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and I keep step to the music of the Union.