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James Bryce on patriotism
Author: James Bryce“Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.” -James Bryce
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Henry Louis Gates on patriotism
Author: Henry Louis Gates“Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique.” -Henry Louis Gates
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Denis Diderot on patriotism
Author: Denis Diderot“Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.” -Denis Diderot
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Howard Thurman on patriotism
Author: Howard Thurman“During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.” -Howard Thurman
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Scott Ritter on patriotism
Author: Scott Ritter“One, if you attack my integrity, I will defend myself. If you attack my patriotism, I will defend myself. If you come after my family, I will counter-attack viciously, I will destroy you.” -Scott Ritter
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Jimmy Carter on patriotism
Author: Jimmy Carter“Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous.” -Jimmy Carter
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Ricardo Montalban on patriotism
Author: Ricardo Montalban“Politics is too partisan, and sometimes patriotism is cast aside. Patriotism is honor and love of your country and your brothers and sisters. With politics I get the impression that it’s all about what’s good for the party and not necessarily what’s good for the country.” -Ricardo Montalban
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George Galloway on patriotism
Author: George Galloway“There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people.” -George Galloway
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Jesse Ventura on patriotism
Author: Jesse Ventura“I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief.” -Jesse Ventura
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O. Henry on patriotism
Author: O. Henry“Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man’s starving!” -O. Henry
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Arthur Schopenhauer on patriotism
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer“Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
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Nick Lampson on patriotism
Author: Nick Lampson“But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.” -Nick Lampson
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Malcom X on patriotism
Author: Malcom X“You’re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong no matter who does it or who says it.” -Malcom X
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Richard M. Nixon on patriotism
Author: Richard M. Nixon“Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.” -Richard M. Nixon
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George William Curtis on patriotism
Author: George William Curtis“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.” -George William Curtis
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Ambrose Bierce on patriotism
Author: Ambrose Bierce“Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.” -Ambrose Bierce
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Bob Dylan on patriotism
Author: Bob Dylan“I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.” -Bob Dylan
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George Washington on patriotism
Author: George Washington“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.” -George Washington
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George Borrow on patriotism
Author: George Borrow“Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.” -George Borrow
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Henry Bolingbroke on patriotism
Author: Henry Bolingbroke“Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.” -Henry Bolingbroke
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Richard Aldington on patriotism
Author: Richard Aldington“Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill.” -Richard Aldington
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Charles Edward Montague on patriotism
Author: Charles Edward Montague“Patriotism has served, at different times, as widely different ends as a razor, which ought to be used in keeping your face clean and yet may be used to cut your own throat or that of an innocent person.” -Charles Edward Montague
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John F. Kerry on patriotism
Author: John F. Kerry“I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.” -John F. Kerry
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George Bernard Shaw on patriotism
Author: George Bernard Shaw“You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.” -George Bernard Shaw
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Mark Twain on patriotism
Author: Mark Twain“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” -Mark Twain