Quotes about Patriotism
Denounce the government and embracethe flag. Hope to live in that freerepublic for which it stands.
- Wendell Berry
Because patriotism is the desire to contain all other finite games within itself-that is, to embrace all horizons within a single boundary-it is inherently evil.
- James Carse
Patriots can flourish only where boundaries are well-defined, hostile, and dangerous.
- James Carse
Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.
- Dale Carnegie
Every country has things to be proud of and to celebrate.
- Eric Metaxas
You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.
- Malcolm X
Study men laying down their lives without hurting anyone else in the cause of their country's freedom.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Enflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue; stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God, and famous to all ages.
- John Milton
I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.
- Pope John Paul II
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
- Ronald Reagan
There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.
- Alexander Hamilton
There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution
- Frederick Douglass