--- title: "16 Form Patriotism Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 16 Form Patriotism quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Form Patriotism sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/howard-zinn-576_dissent_dissent-is-the-highest-form-of-patriotis_2970470.jpg" --- > [Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/dissent-is-the-highest-form-of-patriotism/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/howard-zinn-576_dissent_dissent-is-the-highest-form-of-patriotis_2970470.jpg) > [For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/for-a-writer-only-one-form-of-patriotism-exists-his-attitude-toward/) [Joseph Brodsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-brodsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/joseph-brodsky-1225_attitude_for-a-writer-only-one-form-of-patriotism_1519597.png) > [ Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. \[Misattributed\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/dissent-is-the-highest-form-of-patriotism-misattributed/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/thomas-jefferson-43_dissent_dissent-is-the-highest-form-of-patriotis_1867064.jpg) > [The highest form of patriotism is dissent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-dowd/the-highest-form-of-patriotism-is-dissent/) [Matthew Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fd/matthew-dowd-31572_disagreement_the-highest-form-of-patriotism-is-dissen_2294854.png) > [Dissent is the highest form of patriotism, and I intend to continue to push my country to respect the rights of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-sarsour/dissent-is-the-highest-form-of-patriotism-and-i-intend-to-continue-to/) [Linda Sarsour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-sarsour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/linda-sarsour-6958_country_dissent-is-the-highest-form-of-patriotis_939432.jpg) > [Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide... but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-ventura/democrats-are-so-spineless-so-afraid-to-go-against-the-tide-but/) [Jesse Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-ventura/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52f/jesse-ventura-1236_afraid_democrats-are-so-spineless-so-afraid-to_1965247.png) > [In the wake of Katrina, what you're witnessing and what we are very careful to depict is a form of patriotism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-simon/in-the-wake-of-katrina-what-you-re-witnessing-and-what-we-are-very/) [David Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/david-simon-3189_careful_in-the-wake-of-katrina-what-you-re-witne_784947.png) > [If what your country is doing seems to you practically and morally wrong, is dissent the highest form of patriotism?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/if-what-your-country-is-doing-seems-to-you-practically-and-morally/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/howard-zinn-576_country_if-what-your-country-is-doing-seems-to-y_846139.jpg) > [During President George W. Bush's two terms, you couldn't drive far without seeing a particular bumper sticker: 'Dissent is the highest form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-crowley/during-president-george-w-bush-s-two-terms-you-couldn-t-drive-far-2/) [Monica Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-crowley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/831/monica-crowley-7194_bumper_during-president-george-w-bush-s-two-ter_2382055.jpg) > [What is it that unites, on the left of British politics, George Orwell, Billy Bragg, Gordon Brown and myself? An understanding that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-blunkett/what-is-it-that-unites-on-the-left-of-british-politics-george-orwell/) [David Blunkett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-blunkett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f75/david-blunkett-4087_belonging_what-is-it-that-unites-on-the-left-of-br_3203552.jpg) > [To criticize one's country is to do it a service… Criticism, in short, is more than a right; it is an act…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-william-fulbright/to-criticize-one-s-country-is-to-do-it-a-service-criticism-in-short/) [J. William Fulbright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-william-fulbright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/j-william-fulbright-7682_adulation_to-criticize-one-s-country-is-to-do-it-a_2179674.png) > [There is a higher form of patriotism than nationalism, and that higher form is not limited by the boundaries of one's country;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-straus/there-is-a-higher-form-of-patriotism-than-nationalism-and-that-higher/) [Oscar Straus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-straus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/oscar-straus-84702_boundaries_there-is-a-higher-form-of-patriotism-tha_2115946.jpg) > [During President George W. Bush's two terms, you couldn't drive far without seeing a particular bumper sticker: Dissent is the highest form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-crowley/during-president-george-w-bush-s-two-terms-you-couldn-t-drive-far/) [Monica Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-crowley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/monica-crowley-7194_bumper_during-president-george-w-bush-s-two-ter_925326.jpg) > [They are people who, by and large, think the Administration's policy - and the Iranian case is a classic one - is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/they-are-people-who-by-and-large-think-the-administration-s-policy/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/seymour-hersh-9648_accomplish_they-are-people-who-by-and-large-think-t_2681103.jpg) > [Our patriotism comes straight from the Romans. This is why French children are encouraged to seek inspiration for it in Corneille. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/our-patriotism-comes-straight-from-the-romans-this-is-why-french/) [Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/simone-weil-544_atheistic_our-patriotism-comes-straight-from-the-r_412543.jpg) > [“To begin with, we have to be more clear about what we mean by patriotic feelings. For a time when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/to-begin-with-we-have-to-be-more-clear-about-what-we-mean-by/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/736/noam-chomsky-42_constant-struggle_to-begin-with-we-have-to-be-more-clear-a_2951247.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/form-patriotism/#itemlist", "name": "Form Patriotism Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Howard Zinn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/dissent-is-the-highest-form-of-patriotism/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/howard-zinn-576_dissent_dissent-is-the-highest-form-of-patriotis_2970470.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/howard-zinn-576_dissent_dissent-is-the-highest-form-of-patriotis_2970470.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/howard-zinn-576_dissent_dissent-is-the-highest-form-of-patriotis_2970470.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.” — Howard Zinn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joseph Brodsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-brodsky/for-a-writer-only-one-form-of-patriotism-exists-his-attitude-toward/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/joseph-brodsky-1225_attitude_for-a-writer-only-one-form-of-patriotism_1519597.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/joseph-brodsky-1225_attitude_for-a-writer-only-one-form-of-patriotism_1519597.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/joseph-brodsky-1225_attitude_for-a-writer-only-one-form-of-patriotism_1519597.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.” — Joseph Brodsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. 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Bush's two terms, you couldn't drive far without seeing a particular bumper sticker: Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. Now that Democrats control the White House and Congress, the left treats dissent as the lowest form of treason.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Monica Crowley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-crowley/during-president-george-w-bush-s-two-terms-you-couldn-t-drive-far/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/monica-crowley-7194_bumper_during-president-george-w-bush-s-two-ter_925326.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/monica-crowley-7194_bumper_during-president-george-w-bush-s-two-ter_925326.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/monica-crowley-7194_bumper_during-president-george-w-bush-s-two-ter_925326.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“During President George W. 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That's a form of patriotism, in a funny way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Seymour Hersh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/they-are-people-who-by-and-large-think-the-administration-s-policy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/seymour-hersh-9648_accomplish_they-are-people-who-by-and-large-think-t_2681103.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/seymour-hersh-9648_accomplish_they-are-people-who-by-and-large-think-t_2681103.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/seymour-hersh-9648_accomplish_they-are-people-who-by-and-large-think-t_2681103.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“They are people who, by and large, think the Administration's policy - and the Iranian case is a classic one…” — Seymour Hersh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our patriotism comes straight from the Romans. This is why French children are encouraged to seek inspiration for it in Corneille. It is a pagan virtue, if these two words are compatible. The word pagan, when applied to Rome, early possesses the significance charged with horror which the early Christian controversialists gave it. The Romans really were an atheistic and idolatrous people; not idolatrous with regard to images made of stone or bronze, but idolatrous with regard to themselves. It is this idolatry of self which they have bequeathed to us in the form of patriotism.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Simone Weil" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/our-patriotism-comes-straight-from-the-romans-this-is-why-french/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/simone-weil-544_atheistic_our-patriotism-comes-straight-from-the-r_412543.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/simone-weil-544_atheistic_our-patriotism-comes-straight-from-the-r_412543.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/simone-weil-544_atheistic_our-patriotism-comes-straight-from-the-r_412543.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our patriotism comes straight from the Romans. This is why French children are encouraged to seek…” — Simone Weil", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To begin with, we have to be more clear about what we mean by patriotic feelings. For a time when I was in high school, I cheered for the school athletic teams. That's a form of patriotism — group loyalty. It can take pernicious forms, but in itself it can be quite harmless, maybe even positive. At the national level, what \"patriotism\" means depends on how we view the society. Those with deep totalitarian commitments identify the state with the society, its people, and its culture. Therefore those who criticized the policies of the Kremlin under Stalin were condemned as \"anti-Soviet\" or \"hating Russia\". For their counterparts in the West, those who criticize the policies of the US government are \"anti-American\" and \"hate America\"; those are the standard terms used by intellectual opinion, including left-liberal segments, so deeply committed to their totalitarian instincts that they cannot even recognize them, let alone understand their disgraceful history, tracing to the origins of recorded history in interesting ways. For the totalitarian, \"patriotism\" means support for the state and its policies, perhaps with twitters of protest on grounds that they might fail or cost us too much. For those whose instincts are democratic rather than totalitarian, \"patriotism\" means commitment to the welfare and improvement of the society, its people, its culture. That's a natural sentiment and one that can be quite positive. It's one all serious activists share, I presume; otherwise why take the trouble to do what we do? But the kind of \"patriotism\" fostered by totalitarian societies and military dictatorships, and internalized as second nature by much of intellectual opinion in more free societies, is one of the worst maladies of human history, and will probably do us all in before too long. With regard to the US, I think we find a mix. Every effort is made by power and doctrinal systems to stir up the more dangerous and destructive forms of \"patriotism\"; every effort is made by people committed to peace and justice to organize and encourage the beneficial kinds. It's a constant struggle. When people are frightened, the more dangerous kinds tend to emerge, and people huddle under the wings of power. Whatever the reasons may be, by comparative standards the US has been a very frightened country for a long time, on many dimensions. Quite commonly in history, such fears have been fanned by unscrupulous leaders, seeking to implement their own agendas. These are commonly harmful to the general population, which has to be disciplined in some manner: the classic device is to stimulate fear of awesome enemies concocted for the purpose, usually with some shreds of realism, required even for the most vulgar forms of propaganda. Germany was the pride of Western civilization 70 years ago, but most Germans were whipped to presumably genuine fear of the Czech dagger pointed at the heart of Germany (is that crazier than the Nicaraguan or Grenadan dagger pointed at the heart of the US, conjured up by the people now playing the same game today?), the Jewish-Bolshevik conspiracy aimed at destroying the Aryan race and the civilization that Germany had inherited from Greece, etc. That's only the beginning. 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