Patriotism Quotes

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore.

I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people.

Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis might be being put on nationality and on the other hand patriotism, that sort of thing.

The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable... those aspects are too fundamental to ignore or gloss over.

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.

I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.