142 private quotes tagged patriotism

“Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes.” — Kjell Magne Bondevik

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“To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary... is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds.” — Robert Jackson

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“I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community.” — Chrissie Hynde

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“Our platform calls for a balanced deficit reduction plan where the wealthy pay their fair share. And when your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism.” — Cory Booker

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“When your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism.” — Cory Booker

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“Patriotism is the religion of hell.” — James Branch Cabell

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“It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism.” — John Amery

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“I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision.” — Dominique de Villepin

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“When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!” — David Starr Jordan

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“Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose.” — Frank Knox

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“America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape.” — William Blum

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“Unfortunately, our history has abundant examples of patriotism being used to hurt those who express views in disagreement with that of the majority.” — Vic Snyder

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“The sight of nature fascinates, the family tie has a sweet enchantment and patriotism gives the religious spirit a fiery devotion to the powers that it reveres.” — Bruno Bauer

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“There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.” — Robert Charles Winthrop

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“Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It's all a bit silly.” — Will Thomas

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“These martyrs of patriotism gave their lives for an idea.” — Schuyler Colfax

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“We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us.” — Francis John McConnell

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“1 month ago the American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the selflessness, patriotism and heroism by our troops, our National Guard and Reserves.” — Rosa DeLauro

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“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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“For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.” — Joseph Brodsky

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“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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“Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a 'universal' without patriotism, without home, who has found his people everywhere.” — Chaim Potok

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“Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. When you're willing to stand up within the group and say, 'It is wrong for Black people to be anti-Semitic,' or 'It is wrong for America to discriminate against persons of African descent and made them slaves and based its wealth upon free labor,' it's crucial to say that.” — Henry Louis Gates

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“Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage.” — Rebecca Harding Davis

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“Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today.” — Mike Ferguson

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