828 Quotes About Patriotism

I want to caution that we must not confuse patriotism with blind endorsement of bad policies.

Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace! – but there is no peace.

It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, 'the greatest', but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.

Question everyone in authority, and see that you get sensible answers to your questions ... questioning does not mean the end of loving, and loving does not mean the abnegation of intelligence. Vow as much love to your country as you like ... but, I implore you, do not forget to question.

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.

The flavor of patriotism depends upon its habitat.

"I criticize America because I love her. I want her to stand as a moral example to the world."

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country; who, as an agent in parliament, has, for himself, neither hope nor fear, neither kindness nor resentment, but refers every thing to the common interest

On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit of the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed.