It is good to come to a country you know practically nothing about. Your thoughts grow still, useless. Everything must be rebuilt.… — Andrzej Stasiuk Copy Share Image
If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If you know anything about the issues in our country, you know we have a lot of deep-rooted anger and anxieties that… — Malcolm Jenkins Copy Share Image
“In all of these countries, a significant portion of the population had abandoned their faith in the ideological constructs of power, just… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“Independence isn't all it's cracked up to be, you know. What country could be more independent than Russia? And in Russia now… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“Our nation was settled and populated by Christians who could not abide persecution. Shipload after shipload of our Christian ancestors, for decade… — John Price Copy Share Image
It is with your aid, as the people, that I think we shall be able to preserve - not the country, for… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“If we live in a world of states, and if out-of-state existence is impossible, then we all must live as national citizens.… — Wael B. Hallaq Copy Share Image
The neoconservative doctrine declares that it is the principal goal of U.S. foreign policy to prevent the rise of any country that… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
America now is stumbling through the darkness of hatred and divisiveness. Our values, our principles, and our determination to succeed as a… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
“The nationalism of a small nation can, with treacherous ease, become detached from its roots in what is noble and human. It… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
“Disparate groups emerged within countries or without any national affiliation in the case of religious extremism, seeking power or to cause maximum… — Andrew Feinstein Copy Share Image
“You know," said Al in a daze of hunger and cold, "when you see this, you realize that despite all the crap… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Look, I understand that for a lot of people, the US is superior to their country of residence in myriad ways, but… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
The Bush Republicans' policies are, the antithesis of patriotic. And so we urge Democrats to reclaim patriotism - to call on all… — Paul Begala Copy Share Image
“To begin with, we have to be more clear about what we mean by patriotic feelings. For a time when I was… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Turning back to embrace the past has been a long, slow lesson not only in self-esteem, but in patriotism—pride in homeland, heritage.… — Janisse Ray Copy Share Image
If the test of patriotism comes only by reflexively falling into lockstep behind the leader whenever the flag is waved, then what… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
I would like to think that we are on a move that could be like [Ronald] Reagan. Reagan appealed to the average… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
“The Dadaist movement was born from the despair over the egregious death and destruction of World War I and the zealous nationalism… — Paula McLain Copy Share Image
“I don't know. I love the idea of democracy, the hope, yes, I love that. I couldn't live without that. But the… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Patriotism threatens free speech with death. It is infuriated by thoughtful hesitation, constructive criticism of our leaders and pleas for peace. It… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
In the Islamic world, the U.S. is seen in two quite different ways. One view recognizes what an extraordinary country the U.S.… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
Memorial Day will be celebrated ... by the usual betrayal of the dead, by the hypocritical patriotism of the politicians and contractors… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“A nation is only an individual multiplied. It makes plans and Circumstances comes and upsets them—or enlarges them. Some patriots throw the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Britain: A nation that keeps a stiff upper lip, takes it on the chin without complaining, plays fair at all times and… — Seán Gearárd McCloskey Copy Share Image
“However, not only external expansion of state power is brought about by the ideology of nationalism. War as the natural outgrowth of… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
“Now, your Honor, I have spoken about the war. I believed in it. I don’t know whether I was crazy or not.… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
A quarter of America is a dramatic, tense, violent country, exploding with contradictions, full of brutal, physiological vitality, and that is the… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
I have always been obsessed with America, the geography, the history, and, of course, the music. I've been lucky enough to have… — Tim Rice Copy Share Image
My definition, the definition that I've always believed in, is that esprit de corps means love for one's own military legion -… — Chesty Puller Copy Share Image
What we want, above all things on earth in our public men, is independence. It is one great defect in the character… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
“Dare I admit it? Dare I confess? America, land of supermarkets and superhighways, of supersonic jets and Superman, of supercarriers and the… — Viet Thanh Nguyen Copy Share Image
Some reformers may urge that in the ages distant future, patriotism, like the habit of monogamous marriage, will become a needless and… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone has qualms in saying victory to the people of India. But when a political party appropriates such a… — P. Chidambaram Copy Share Image
“As a rule, almost all of them are Midwesterners...This area of the country, what are we to say of this area of… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Countries like ours are full of people who have all of the material comforts they desire, yet lead lives of quiet (and… — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
America has been the country of my fond election from the age of thirteen, when I first saw it. I had the… — John Paul Jones Copy Share Image
As a Scot, I instinctively feel a sympathy towards a culture which is based on generosity. It's very refreshing. Afghans think they're… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
We must protect each other against the attacks of those self-appointed watchdogs of patriotism now abroad in the land who irresponsibly pin… — Joel Henry Hildebrand Copy Share Image
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