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Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. — Barbara Ehrenreich · 1990The 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 · 1793Political speech2 quotes
No, 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 · 1847My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right. — Carl Schurz · 1872Autobiography and memoir1 quote
There was no patriotism in the trenches. It was too remote a sentiment, and rejected as fit only for civilians. — Robert Graves · 1929Biography1 quote
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. — Samuel Johnson · 1778Crime1 quote
Your country ain't your blood, you remember that. — Sonny Corleone · 1974Crime (film)1 quote
Your country ain't your blood, you remember that. — Sonny Corleone · 1974Epic1 quote
Your country ain't your blood, you remember that. — Sonny Corleone · 1974Epic (film)1 quote
Your country ain't your blood, you remember that. — Sonny Corleone · 1974Film noir1 quote
Waving the flag with one hand and picking pockets with the other, that's your "patriotism." — Alicia Huberman · 1946History (play)1 quote
Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. — William Shakespeare · 1599Political1 quote
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against its government. — Jim Garrison · 1991Political (film)1 quote
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against its government. — Jim Garrison · 1991Spy1 quote
Waving the flag with one hand and picking pockets with the other, that's your "patriotism." — Alicia Huberman · 1946Spy (film)1 quote
Waving the flag with one hand and picking pockets with the other, that's your "patriotism." — Alicia Huberman · 1946Thriller1 quote
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against its government. — Jim Garrison · 1991Thriller (film)1 quote
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against its government. — Jim Garrison · 1991Tragedy (play)1 quote
Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. — William Shakespeare · 1599Tragic play1 quote
The more foreigners I saw, the more I loved my homeland. — Pierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy · 1765