Fashion understands itself; good-breeding and personal superiority of whatever country readily fraternize with those of every other. The chiefs of savage tribes… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm springs from the imagination, and self-sacrifice from the heart. Women are, therefore, more naturally heroic than men. All nations have in… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
“The tension between people is palpable, and the ideal of what it means to be and look American becomes a preoccupation to… — Raquel Cepeda Copy Share Image
“When you explore a new landscape or visit a new country, your attention is open to everything, like a baby's. One thing… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I don't think we have thought of ourselves, at least in a modern iteration, as being a nationalist country or a country… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
From Washington, proverbially "the city of distances," through all its cities, states, and territories, it is a country of beginnings, of projects,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
How dangerous it is for our salvation, how unworthy of God and of ourselves, how pernicious even for the peace of our… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
“At a certain time in our existential experience, we must just not want better for ourselves, but for our country and the… — Henry Johnson Jr Copy Share Image
“A patriot, by contrast, wants the nation to live up to its ideals, which means asking us to be our best selves.… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“My county? Another concept to which you attach from a distance a rather vague ideal. You want to know what "my country"… — Gabriel Chevallier Copy Share Image
What matters is that our country is strong and respected and safe. We really are, you know, a very good country. We… — Cindy McCain Copy Share Image
“Alwasy remember… We are engaged in a battle for the continuation of our capitalist, free-market economic model; our way of life; and… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
“Patriotism taken too far is fanaticism. No matter who you are or where you're from.' 'These filthy foreigners made us look bad.'… — Rick Remender Copy Share Image
“-“I remember my father telling me about England’s redrawing of India’s boundaries when it became independent. They wanted to separate the Hindu… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
If my own country is subverting the rule of law and sending its own citizens, its military, into harm's way on the… — Katharine Gun Copy Share Image
In a world where so much seems to be hidden by the smoke of falsity and moral degeneration, we Americans must grasp… — Manton S. Eddy Copy Share Image
Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises,… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
My homeland of Belarus is an unlikely place for an Internet revolution. The country, controlled by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko since 1994,… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
I never thought of serving as a conflict of interest, that would have been a luxury! I just needed something to survive.… — Donna M. Loring Copy Share Image
In the 20th century, the Muslim world created a vision of religious nationalism. Turkey, for example, had to be ethnically Turkish. Kurds,… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
That loyalty to the country comes ahead of all other loyalties. And this is an absolute loyalty, since one cannot weight it… — Lal Bahadur Shastri Copy Share Image
“We should stop worrying so much about the price of gasoline and start considering its cost . You really want to be… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The woman's personal identity is a vast undiscovered country -- with which Society has yet to acquaint itself, and by which it… — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Copy Share Image
A people that has licked a more formidable enemy than Germany or Japan, primitive North America . . . a country whose… — D. W Brogan Copy Share Image
Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Our opponent [ Representative John Lewis] is someone who sees America as imperfect enough to pal around with terrorists who targeted their… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
“The U.S. was the immigration country of choice even for alien jellyfish things that turned humans into scary monsters. It made you… — Gini Koch Copy Share Image
After I became a citizen, I felt freer to say what I thought about this country, both negative and positive. I think… — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
Where do real conversations about citizenship occur? In our schools. Think about the things you learned in first grade. "My Country 'Tis… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
One of my greatest times of inspiration is when I'm traveling or living in a new country - there's a tremendous freedom… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
When you play by the rules, defy mental demons, overcome every challenge, and enjoy a walk in the country at the same… — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
“In history, truth should be held sacred, at whatever cost . . . especially against the narrow and futile patriotism, which, instead… — Col. Thomas Aspinwall Copy Share Image
“United by no fixed principles or objects and destitute of everything like American feeling, so detestable a minority never existed in any… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
What separates us Americans from the countries that so many immigrants are leaving is that we are a nation of laws -… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
To one who loves his country in all its parts, it is natural to rejoice in whatever contributes to the prosperity and… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
I think my music is definitely country but it's got a little bit of that rock flair about it. I always try… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
“Show me a single nation in the world with character, and whose country is ruled by fascists! That's impossible, because it's only… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“I am an economic nationalist. To me, the country comes before the economy; and the economy exists for the people. I believe… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
President Trump has made good on that pledge by fighting anti-Semitism at home and abroad and by standing shoulder to shoulder with… — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Nationalism, coupled with great faith in the power of the government to enact domestic bargains between labor and capital, has been seen… — Raghuram G. Rajan Copy Share Image