Patriotism Quotes · Page 85

Nationalism has nothing to do with the rule of law, justice, or opportunity.

— Anne Applebaum

Deep down I have this atavistic feeling that really I should be in the country.

— Penelope Lively

Australia is a great country. America is a great country. We all have issues and different aspects.

— Patty Mills

I'm a serious optimist. I come from a country where you have little to be hopeful for, and so you have to…

— Leymah Gbowee

This country has a proud history of opening its doors to generations of people fleeing personal persecution, civil unrest and war.

— Charles Kennedy

“The time has come for nations to sell their patriotism and buy wisdom.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

We will no longer surrender this country or its people to the false song of globalism.

— Donald Trump

On the whole, I prefer not to be lectured on patriotism by those who keep offshore maildrops in order to avoid paying…

— Molly Ivins

The reason is that for many years I have avoided reading anything whatsoever that approaches my own line of country, out of…

— Leslie Charteris

It was very liberating, living in a foreign country, a place where everything was new and strange - the food, the customs,…

— Deborah Moggach

The Indian community in the U.K. has a unique place in our diaspora. U.K. is the first country which has an Indian…

— Preneet Kaur

I say: The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering,…

— Mahmoud Abbas

“the words of Anthony Eden, Britain’s wartime foreign secretary: “If one hasn’t been through the horrors of an occupation by a foreign…

— Alan Riding

We should recognize that nationalism does not mean discriminating against people of a different nationality. It simply means not allowing such people…

— Sun Yat-sen

“Today is elections day and I am stepping out to help write a chapter that will form a part of my unborn…

— Precious Kerme

For nationalism, sometimes we need a counter point or a villain. However, you don't need any such thing for patriotism. Patriotism is…

— Kabir Khan

I lived in a bubble: my whole entire military career where I thought that everything was perfect. And I thought that every…

— Richard Ojeda

[Patriotism] ...is a word which always commemorates a robbery. There isn't a foot of land in the world which doesn't represent the…

— Mark Twain

Sometimes nationalism can be jingoistic - even fascistic - but it can also be a constructive impetus that helps to unify a…

— Dick Morris

The 2.4 million bright, brave, incredibly fit and remarkably talented young Americans who have served in our armed forces since we were…

— Oliver North

All of us ... should remember that no amount of flag-waving, pledging allegiance, or fervent singing of the national anthem is evidence…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“There are countries in which the communal provision of housing, transport, education and health care is so inferior that inhabitants will naturally…

— Alain De Botton

“From this Legionary school a new man will have to emerge, a man with heroic qualities; a giant of our history to…

— Corneliu Zelea Codreanu

The business aspects of the Fourth of July is not perfect as it stands. See what it costs us every year with…

— Mark Twain

I want what's best for our country. I'm not sure I can figure that out.

— Nick Saban

I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's…

— Edward Abbey

Don't limit your challenges - challenge your limits. Don't spread patriotism too thin.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I believe in Jai Jawan Jai Kisan - a country where the farmer is unhappy is on its path towards destruction.

— Gurpreet Ghuggi

Our true birthplace is that in which we cast for the first time an intelligent eye on ourselves. My first homelands were…

— Marguerite Yourcenar

Any time I get to represent my country, it's just such a really big honor.

— Nelly Korda

“Nationalism may begin with ideas among the elite but its propagation involves having mass support. Initially, anti-colonial”

— Romila Thapar

We need a country that embraces all, and rewards innovators, entrepreneurs, job creators, and hard-working people of all sorts.

— Clark Durant

First and foremost I am an American athlete and I am proud to live in a country that encourages diversity, openness and…

— Brian Boitano

War is not about flag-waving and patriotism. War is about killing and death.

— Chris Hedges

Tell mother, tell mother, I died for my country... useless... useless.

— John Wilkes Booth

Our first Prime Minister saw a country that would be known for its generosity of spirit. And so it is.

— Kim Campbell

Patriotism is the passion of fools and the most foolish of passions.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Patriotism demands the ability to feel shame as much as to feel pride.

— Anne-Marie Slaughter

When people ask me where I am from I never say, 'Serbia.' I always say, 'I come from a country that no…

— Marina Abramovic

Roll back the clock, and every possession of every great country started with a crime.

— David Mamet