“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
Patriotism, red hot, is compatible with the existence of a neglect of national interests, a dishonesty, a cold indifference to the suffering… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
How is it that this debate has been twisted on its head, that somehow those that advocate peace and diplomacy are anti-American? — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
No one else looks out upon the world so kindly and charitably as the pedestrian; no one else gives and takes so… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
I feel I represent my country: not only my country but all former U.S.S.R. countries because I have very big fan base… — Khabib Nurmagomedov Copy Share Image
Throughout my professional basketball career, I have always voiced my patriotism for my native land. — Vlade Divac Copy Share Image
Nationalism is fraught with dangers, of course, but so is the blind refusal to recognize that attachment to one's own culture, traditions,… — Anthony Daniels Copy Share Image
“Homelands are as sacred as God, and the will of the people is also sacred” — Hasan Hanafi Copy Share Image
The Pentagon as a legitimate target? I actually don't have an opinion on that and it's important I not have an opinion… — David Westin Copy Share Image
What I saw in that country, I saw in that country and I saw people respect him and his family and that's… — Dennis Rodman Copy Share Image
England! my country, great and free! Heart of the world, I leap to thee! — Philip James Bailey Copy Share Image
I'm no parasite. I'm a poet who will bring honor and glory to his country. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“The United States is an easy country to love because you can take it on faith that, at some point in every… — Charles P. Pierce Copy Share Image
One of the real dangers of loyalty is that it may become associated with certain types of group-think, chauvinism, jingoism, and thus… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
The country can't get well if the people are sick. And the people are sick. — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“If you know the country he said then you will be a wild colonial boy forever” — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
Sometimes good countries are so traumatized by events that they lose their bearings and embrace bad leaders. — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
“As soon as fear, hatred, jealousy and power worship are involved, the sense of reality becomes unhinged. And ... the sense of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“One question in my mind, which I hardly dare mention in public, is whether patriotism has, overall, been a force for good… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
Patriotism is (like) loving your family whether it is good or bad, while always striving to make it better. Nationalism simply insists… — Peter Jennings Copy Share Image
“A country where a devil is sitting at the throne turns into a real hell!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
