Patriotism Quotes · Page 81

France is a country you have to drive through to get to Italy. That's all it's for.

— James May

If I write novels in a country in which most citizens are illiterate, who then is my community?

— Chinua Achebe

A country that fails to value its teachers, fails to value its future.

— David Puttnam

Nationalism and anti-nationalism is a matter of perception. You cannot mandate who is a nationalist and what is not.

— Kapil Sibal

Nationalism is not the awakening of nations to self-consciousness; it invents nations where they do not exist...

— Ernest Gellner

“I think you should be grateful to the English, they built this country and made it civil.”

— Peter Murphy

I think it's a very good thing to leave your country and look at it from afar.

— Paul Auster

I think it's in the hands of each head of state: the future of peace in his own country.

— Óscar Arias

The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity,…

— Douglas Dunn

I am exceptionally patriotic - I've been brought up that way - so I love representing my country and somehow, I've just…

— Leah Williamson

I am a patriot. I love my country and its values and I am also immensely grateful to the brave souls who…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

Josh: So, Toby, it’s election night. What do you say about a country that goes out of its way to protect even…

— Aaron Sorkin

I don't know anybody who doesn't hate being called alt.country. It just sounds like a website. I don't mind being called Americana,…

— Neko Case

Patriotism is a survival from barbarous times which must not only be evoked and educated but which must be eradicated by all…

— Leo Tolstoy

“patriotism of many is…a voice and nothing more... A spirit of money-making has eaten up our patriotism. Our morals are more depreciated…

— David Ramsay

I believe in any country, matters that relate to its territory would, of course, provoke strong sentiments amongst the people of that…

— Naoto Kan

We shall always be a small minority in the world, but, when a small nation accomplishes something with its limited means, what…

— Tomas Garrigue Masaryk

Many of us believed that Black Lives Matter would move this country to not only reckon with white racism but to usher…

— Patrisse Cullors

I refuse to be silent any longer. I refuse to be party to an illegal and immoral war against people who did…

— Ehren Watada

“And I wonder, therefore, how James Atlas can have been so indulgent in his recent essay ‘The Changing World of New York…

— Christopher Hitchens

“When Rob J. had prepared for citizenship he’d studied the United States Constitution and marveled at its provisions. Now he saw that…

— Noah Gordon

“That's to British," I countered. "What is?" "Making sweeping generalizations about Americans because that makes you feel better about having a national…

— Jessica Martinez

Greece is a sort of American vassal; the Netherlands is the country of American bases that grow like tulip bulbs; Cuba is…

— Anonymous

The physical domain of the country had its counterpart in me. The trails I made led outward into the hills and swamps,…

— John Haines

Work should be for all of us a word as honorable and appealing as patriotism.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

I saw many aspects of the country which I needed to see in order that I might know what we need to…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.

— Anonymous

We all want to do everything we can to help our veterans; it is a part of our American values and sense…

— Tommy Tuberville

Courtesy demands reciprocity and this is essential in relations between countries.

— Wang Yusheng

After September 11, I got to understand a little bit of his deep love for this country.

— Patti Davis

We come here with no peaceful intent, but ready for battle, determined to avenge our wrongs and set our country free.

— William Wallace

That's the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don't care, individuals do.

— Mark Twain

I'm country, she country, we country. Come closer, it's a free country.

— Master P

A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself.

— Henry Ward Beecher

What this country needs is a man who knows God other than by heresay.

— Thomas Carlyle

What every Englishman thinks about patriotism, the last refuge of a scoundrel.

— Coco Chanel

In this country, I don't get the respect. And that's not me being stupid, or bitter about it.

— James DeGale

To become a country, and truly call ourselves Canada, it means we must become one.

— Gord Downie

We think we should only go into a country if we can be sure of our return. Jesus never promised that.

— Andrew van der Bijl

Sudan, I've come to discover, is a country which, once it gets hold of you, does not let go.

— Eric Reeves