Patriotism Quotes · Page 86

Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.

— Felix Adler

For the First Time in My Adult Lifetime, I'm Really Proud of My Country

— Michel'le

One can be a patriot, you know, without making one's wife join the breadline.

— Jean Anouilh

“Even if you succeed in study and business, if your nation collapses, then what good is it for?”

— Hirobumi Ito

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I've always been one to want to represent my country. I've done it on a few occasions and I've had tremendous success.

— P.K. Subban

When you sing that this country was founded on freedom, don't forget the duet of shackles dragging against the ground my entire…

— Clint Smith

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I think when you move to a country like the U.S., you need to understand the culture, to understand how people see…

— Patrick Vieira

In the end, for congenial sympathy, for poetry, for work, for original feeling and expression, for perfect companionship with one's friends--give me…

— D. H. Lawrence

“We see elected officials pounding their chests, saying their vision of America represents the only real patriotism. To them I say that…

— Dan Rather

I am not patriotic or nationalistic, but the French language is like a country where I take refuge when I have nowhere…

— Leila Slimani

There are times when I haven't been proud of America or really proud. But there have been times that I've been incredibly…

— Whoopi Goldberg

We are witnessing a great awakening. Millions of Texans, millions of Americans are rising up to reclaim our country, to defend liberty…

— Ted Cruz

Our veterans connect generations and Canadians. As a country and as individuals, we gain in pride and in purpose from their deeds…

— Paul Martin

“Patriotism or Nationalism without reasoning is what I call “Nationalist Fundamentalism”, which is as dangerous as “Religious Fundamentalism”.”

— Abhijit Naskar

The key thing is that I've led a life of service to country that gave me perspectives that most people don't get,…

— Ricardo Sanchez

Selfishness is the most constant of human motives. Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts sweep away…

— Charles W. Chesnutt

We are all living together on a single planet, which is threatened by our own actions. And if you don't have some…

— Yuval Noah Harari

With almost no time to decide, [your loved ones] gave the entire country an incalculable gift. They saved the Capitol from attack.…

— William J. Clinton

“Three days after a German submarine sank the Lusitania, Wilson addressed an audience of recently naturalized citizens in Philadelphia. "You cannot become…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr

At the basis of a country's immigration policy is the recognition that a country has the right to pursue its interests first,…

— Gad Saad

“Blind patriotism on the part of its leaders and citizens, far from leading a nation to greatness, will only bring ruin, disgrace…

— Keat Peng Goh

The dogma of cultural relativism is challenged by the very people for whose moral benefit the anthropologists established it in the first…

— Claude Levi-Strauss

Patria est communis omnium parens. Our country is the common parent of all.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism . . .

— George Washington

Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it...

— George Bernard Shaw

The reality, sitting ten thousand miles away, is that we remain the country that inspires. We remain that shining city on a…

— Jon Huntsman, Jr

My country, France, my homeland, my land is again invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims.

— Brigitte Bardot

I am in favor, heartily in favor, of our Constitution and Bill of Rights and I owe my allegiance to my country…

— Anonymous

To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.

— G. Edward Griffin

You probably choose x-country because you were too small to play football.

— Steve Prefontaine

Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.

— Edward Abbey

I am worrying about my country. I feel I have a responsibility as a novelist to do something.

— Haruki Murakami

Unless we know where we've been as a country, we don't know where we are or where we are going.

— Ron Chernow

I don't consider myself qualified to do a movie about international intrigue - I seldom leave the country.

— John Hughes

I think we all [americans] think we're a special country. But the question is, what - what call does that give us?

— Chris Matthews

Sometimes you have to disclaim your country and inhabit another before you can return to your own.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

— Charles de Gaulle

“Every country, every state, every person has a different standard of beauty. But the only one you have to live up to…

— Annie Chopra