Patriotism Quotes · Page 109

And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country has done for you. Ask what you have done for your country.

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

I'd always somehow felt slightly as if I'd been born in the wrong country.

— Christopher Hitchens

An American presidential campaign resembles a forced march through enemy country.

— Bill Vaughan

“Nationalism is relativist, since the only truth is the resentment we feel when we contemplate others.”

— Timothy Snyder

Our common country is in great peril, demanding the loftiest views, and boldest action to bring it speedy relief.

— Abraham Lincoln

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.

— Michael Ignatieff

Zeal is not of necessity religion, neither is it always of the same essence with poetry or patriotism.

— Herman Melville

It's a wonderful feeling to work in a country where the government's first concern is for its people, for all its people.

— Ben Linder

“True patriotism is not worship of our nation but rather, in the light of our worship of the God of justice, to…

— Robert McAfee Brown

I come from a fragmented society. A country proud to serve as a bridge between Europe and Asia yet unable to bridge…

— Safak Pavey

Patriotism is not dying for one's country, it is living for one's country. And for humanity. Perhaps that is not as romantic,…

— Agnes Macphail

Patriotism is the admission that people who share a land, a place, and a history have a special obligation to that place…

— David Ehrenfeld

The history of American patriotism is figuring out ways that we can work together to move forward and knit together the common…

— Taylor Branch

For many centuries, even thousands of years, patriotism worked quite well. Of course, it led to wars an so forth, but we…

— Yuval Noah Harari

The second-highest honor is playing for your country, and the highest honor is wearing the armband for your country. It shows that…

— Landon Donovan

I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to…

— William Tyler

“Australia. Canada. New Zealand. The United Kingdom. The United States. The five countries whose intelligence-sharing had coordinated efforts against the Warsaw Pact…

— Stephen England

“The population of every country is nowadays a collection of diasporas. Every sizable city is now an aggregate of ethnic, religious, and…

— Zygmunt Bauman

The intelligent and good man holds in his affections the good and true of every land -- the boundaries of countries are…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

I suffer the mortification of seeing myself attacked right and left by people at home professing patriotism and love of country who…

— Ulysses S. Grant

In times of uncertainty there is a special breed of warrior ready to answer our Nation’s call; a common man with uncommon…

— Marcus Luttrell

A terrorist, massive, casualty-producing event [will occur] somewhere in the Western world - it may be in the United States of America…

— Tommy Franks

“I never expected to find myself here, on the edge of the continent--childless, possibly jobless, with broken bones and a broken marriage,…

— Michelle Richmond

We are descended from a people whose government was founded on liberty; our glorious forefathers of Great Britain made liberty the foundation…

— Patrick Henry

Whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the consciousness that I at least meant well for my country.

— James Buchanan

Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others.

— Ronald Reagan

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.

— James K. Polk

My objective is always to play for the national team. For me, it's the best feeling in the world to represent my…

— Jesus Navas

How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of it.

— Henry George

Anybody who walks out peacefully, who protests peacefully, that's what this country was built on.

— Charles Barkley

We need the real, nation-wide terror which reinvigorates the country and through which the Great French Revolution achieved glory.

— Vladimir Lenin

An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country.

— Bainbridge Colby

Our country stands at a critical point in its history. Our heritage as a nation of immigrants is at stake.

— Roger Mahony

Standing up to your government can mean standing up for your country.

— Bill Moyers

Our official histories of our countries and societies are made of forgetfulness,

— Mia Couto

Patriotism is not waving a flag around. Patriotism is not telling our neighbors that we are better than them.

— Wes Moore

I want to become the best goalkeeper in the country and the best goalkeeper around.

— Jack Butland

For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making…

— Michel'le

You know this is a great, great country that we live in to be able to play this great game.

— Charles Woodson

If you don't know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.

— Robert Frost