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Patriotism Quotes
On owing something back to where you're from.
One writer frames patriotism simply as returning good for the good a country has given, a theme that runs through our Country collection. Others weigh centuries of devotion to homeland against its costs.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, back in the '40s, I was a voracious comic book reader. And at that time, there was a lot of patriotism in the comics. They were called things like 'All-American Comics' or 'Star-Spangled Comics' or things like that. I decided to do a logo that was a parody of those comics, with 'American' as the first word.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them.
- Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
The patriotism in Britain comes from us being a leader. On jobs, on tax havens, on workers' rights, on the environment. We can be leading Europe... and it will be to the benefit of every British citizen.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'
- Guard
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- Nov 07, 2020
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
- Loyalty
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
- Hatred
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- Nov 07, 2020
Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.
- Principles
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- Nov 07, 2020
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020