Patriotism Quotes · Page 83

“No country is permanently strong. Nor is any country permanently weak. (國無常强無常弱)”

— Han Feizi

What is the use of fighting for a vote if we have not got a country to vote in?

— Emmeline Pankhurst

Writing in English made me become a foreigner in my own country. It helped me create the necessary distance to my homeland.

— Hallgrimur Helgason

I have no regrets whatsoever that I have acted in a way to advance my country's interests

— Susan Rice

I have grown up in a country where we are told that there is freedom of speech.

— Jwala Gutta

In this country, we believe in personal choice and individual liberty.

— Bill Hagerty

We have our roots in country, and that's our foundation, but we pull from a lot.

— Dave Haywood

We ignore the similarities between the religious extremism and ethno-nationalism at our peril.

— Deeyah Khan

If our culture is so often readily and easily appropriated, imagine what happens when we embrace our full blackness and know that…

— Angela Rye

There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a…

— Todd Gitlin

“Indeed, women like Peterman who admitted they joined the army for adventure as opposed to patriotism or love were often viewed with…

— DeAnne Blanton and Lauren M. Cook

Today you have millions of Americans that feel left out and out of place in their own country, struggling to live paycheck…

— Marco Rubio

I was asked to do something and represent my country. That's a great honor. This isn't about what it could do for…

— Jeff Van Gundy

“Apart from having ‘National Poet’, ‘National Anthem’ etc., I hope it will not be irrelevant if there is ‘National Writer’ in every…

— Md. Ziaul Haque

I think this is the story of this country, that you get to come here and build a better future for yourself…

— Justin Trudeau

I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in…

— Michael Phelps

“The Armorys of this world don't steal. They serve their country right or wrong. Or they do until the day when they…

— John le Carré

Let it be our endeavour, let it be our task, to keep alight the torch of imperial patriotism, to hold fast the…

— Joseph Chamberlain

We're a country here, that if you take a picture of what America looks like, you can do It in a football…

— Steve King

Being blunt with your feelings is very American. In this big country, I can be as brash as New York, as hedonistic…

— Martina Navratilova

There is a close tie of affection between sovereigns and their subjects; and as chaste wives should have no eyes but for…

— Elizabeth I

I try to look at it like an angry optimist. In other words, I'm not happy with the state of affairs that…

— Hasan Minhaj

I am not a political man and I have no political convictions. I am an individual and a believer in liberty. That…

— Charlie Chaplin

I wonder what it means when Americans say I'm an American. In Britain the culture is basically the same from one end…

— Helen Mirren

I always have been grateful for the opportunity being in this country and to develop my game and go to college.

— Al Horford

A country that goes out of its way to imprison the innocent has no business preaching democracy to the world.

— Paul Craig Roberts

Something happens when two people from the same country, sharing the same heritage, meet and connect.

— Costa Ronin

True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.

— Robert Reich

I don't want to just be an artist for one country, I want to produce for the world.

— Martin Garrix

I hate patriotism... I can't stand it. It's a round world last time I checked.

— Bill Hicks

In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country

— Anonymous

If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work.

— Abraham Lincoln

Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a…

— Francis Scott Key

“Patriotism, that least discerning of passions. - The Shape of the Sword ”

— Jorge Luis Borges

Patriotism does not oblige us to acquiesce in the destruction of liberty. Patriotism obliges us to question it, at least.

— Wendy Kaminer

“Lebanon: the country where everyone wants a piece while we want peace.”

— Sandra Chami Kassis

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

— Calvin Coolidge

The Imagi-Nation is a little country in your head. When you're young, you go there to play. When you get older, you…

— John Bytheway

Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practised.

— Robert Walpole

The city does not take away, neither does the country give, solitude; solitude is within us.

— Philibert Joseph Roux