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Patriotism33 quotes
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. — Samuel Johnson · 1778No, I make no pretension to patriotism. So long as my voice can be heard on this or the other side of the Atlantic, I will hold up America to the lightning scorn of moral indignation. In doing this, I shall feel myself discharging the duty of a true patriot; for he is a lover of his country who rebukes and does not excuse its sins. — Frederick Douglass · 1847What pity is it,
That we can die but once, to serve our country! — Joseph Addison · 1713The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori. — Wilfred Owen · 1918We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. — Edward R. Murrow · 1954Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it. — George Bernard Shaw · 1893All 33 quotes →Dying for one's country3 quotes
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori. — Wilfred Owen · 1918Lovely and honorable it is to die for one's country. — Horace · 23 BCYou think you are dying for your country; you die for the industrialists. — Anatole France · 1922War3 quotes
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori. — Wilfred Owen · 1918You think you are dying for your country; you die for the industrialists. — Anatole France · 1922There was no patriotism in the trenches. It was too remote a sentiment, and rejected as fit only for civilians. — Robert Graves · 1929Abuses of patriotism2 quotes
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. — Samuel Johnson · 1778The love of our country, as the term has usually been understood, has too often been found to be one of those specious illusions which are employed by impostors for the purpose of rendering the multitude the blind instruments of their crooked designs. — William Godwin · 1793Citizens of the world2 quotes
A steady patriot of the world alone,
The friend of every country but his own. — George Canning · 1821I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards any one. — Edith Cavell · 1915Dissent2 quotes
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. — Edward R. Murrow · 1954Denounce the government and embrace the flag. Hope to live in that free republic for which it stands. — Wendell Berry · 1973Downsides of patriotism2 quotes
Patriotism, as I see it, is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. — George Jean Nathan · 1931I worry that patriotism run amok will trample the very values that the country seeks to defend. — Dan Rather · 2002England2 quotes
Be England what she will,
With all her faults she is my country still. — Charles Churchill · 1764England, with all thy faults, I love thee still-My country! — William Cowper · 1785Politics2 quotes
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. — Edward R. Murrow · 1954Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. — Barbara Ehrenreich · 1990Treason2 quotes
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. — Edward R. Murrow · 1954If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country. — E.M. Forster · 1938Anti-war1 quote
You think you are dying for your country; you die for the industrialists. — Anatole France · 1922Betrayal1 quote
Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. — William Shakespeare · 1599Citizen and state1 quote
What pity is it,
That we can die but once, to serve our country! — Joseph Addison · 1713Criticism of one's country1 quote
A wise traveler never despises his own country. — Carlo Goldoni · 1750Family1 quote
Your country ain't your blood, you remember that. — Sonny Corleone · 1974Foreigners1 quote
The more foreigners I saw, the more I loved my homeland. — Pierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy · 1765Friendship1 quote
If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country. — E.M. Forster · 1938Globalism1 quote
A steady patriot of the world alone,
The friend of every country but his own. — George Canning · 1821Loyalty1 quote
Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. — William Shakespeare · 1599Nationalism1 quote
Patriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility. Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill. — Richard Aldington · 1931One's native land1 quote
A wise traveler never despises his own country. — Carlo Goldoni · 1750Oppression of women1 quote
Patriotism in the female Sex is the most disinterested of all virtues. Excluded from honours and from offices, we cannot attach ourselves to the State or Goverment from having held a place of Eminence...Yet all History and every age exhibit Instances of patriotick virtue in the female Sex; which considering our situation equals the most Heroick of yours. — Abigail Adams · 1782Political cynicism1 quote
Waving the flag with one hand and picking pockets with the other, that's your "patriotism." — Alicia Huberman · 1946Rebellion1 quote
Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. — Barbara Ehrenreich · 1990Rome1 quote
Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. — William Shakespeare · 1599Self-sacrifice1 quote
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori. — Wilfred Owen · 1918Serving one's country1 quote
What pity is it,
That we can die but once, to serve our country! — Joseph Addison · 1713Sticking it to the man1 quote
Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. — Barbara Ehrenreich · 1990Xenophobia1 quote
The more foreigners I saw, the more I loved my homeland. — Pierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy · 1765