Those whom the world has delighted to honor have oftener been influenced in their doings by ambition and vanity than by patriotism. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A strong nation is one that is loved by its people and, as Edmund Burke put it, for a country to be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The single most important impediment to global institutions is the concept of "my country, right or wrong". — U Thant Copy Share Image
To represent your country is an absolute honour. If I was picked at prop, I'd try and do my best at that. — Rob Burrow Copy Share Image
I felt a kinship with country music, because country has lyrics that tell stories — Desmond Child Copy Share Image
As I said before, [patriotism] is distinct from acting to benefit the government - a distinction that's increasingly lost today. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
America stands unique in the world: the only country not founded on race but on a way, an ideal. Not in spite… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
America has lost an icon. Ronald Reagan's leadership will inspire Americans for generations to come. His patriotism and devotion to our country… — Tom Daschle Copy Share Image
Donald Trump's message is that we in the USA, if we're going to have a country, it would be nice too know… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
When old settlers say 'One has to understand the country,' what they mean is, 'You have to get used to our ideas… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
When you want to make it clear to the rest of the world that you are not an imperialist, the best countries… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“Curious: At the very moment modern technology annuls all frontiers and distances (flying, wireless, television, economic interdependance), the most extreme nationalism is… — Victor Klemperer Copy Share Image
When you play for your club, it's all different nationalities, but, when you play for your country, everyone is so proud of… — Sam Kerr Copy Share Image
The country of the tourist pamphlet always is another country, an embarrassing abstraction of the desirable that, thank God, does not exist… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear on earth, peace, security, liberty, our family, our friends, our home. .… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We are so isolated in our own little worlds, in our own little geographies, that it's pretty hard to understand where someone… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
“I certainly didn't concur with Edward on everything, but I was damned if I would hear him abused without saying a word.… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Nations are not communities and never have been. The history of any country, presented as the history of a family, conceals the… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Freedom is a gift, given to us by our freedom fighters. They sacrificed their whole lives so that we could live in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think you feel more liberated in a foreign country. You're more open. You understand less about the social constructs that exist… — Sophie Copy Share Image
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