--- title: "8 Think Patriotism Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Think Patriotism quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Think Patriotism sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c17/ursula-k-le-guin-138_fear_let-me-ask-you-this-mr-ai-do-you-know-by_171240.jpg" --- > [“Let me ask you this, Mr. Ai: do you know, by your own experience, what patriotism is?” “No,” I said, shaken by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/let-me-ask-you-this-mr-ai-do-you-know-by-your-own-experience-what/) [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c17/ursula-k-le-guin-138_fear_let-me-ask-you-this-mr-ai-do-you-know-by_171240.jpg) > [I think patriotism is like charity -- it begins at home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/i-think-patriotism-is-like-charity-it-begins-at-home/) [Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/494/henry-james-417_charity_i-think-patriotism-is-like-charity-it-be_251168.png) > [Americans are an "almost chosen people," which is meant to suggest that there are clear parallels, literal, theological and everything else, between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-douthat/americans-are-an-almost-chosen-people-which-is-meant-to-suggest-that/) [Ross Douthat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-douthat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/ross-douthat-2949_america_americans-are-an-almost-chosen-people-wh_1018188.jpg) > [“Page 15, paperback version by Virago Press 1997: ... Let me ask you this, Mr Ai: do you know, by your own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/page-15-paperback-version-by-virago-press-1997-let-me-ask-you-this-mr/) [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed2/ursula-k-le-guin-138_fear_page-15-paperback-version-by-virago-pres_1985767.jpg) > [“I think patriotism should be all about wanting to see Liberia develops, beyond one's commitment to a tribe, party, leaders, and past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-johnson-jr/i-think-patriotism-should-be-all-about-wanting-to-see-liberia/) [Henry Johnson Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-johnson-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb0/henry-johnson-jr-15240_identity-politics_i-think-patriotism-should-be-all-about-w_2336363.jpg) > [I think patriotism is never racism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marine-le-pen/i-think-patriotism-is-never-racism/) [Marine Le Pen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marine-le-pen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/marine-le-pen-1411_i-think_i-think-patriotism-is-never-racism-29285_2928546.jpg) > [I think patriotism, by its very definition, is love of country. But we seem to have become a country where the highest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/i-think-patriotism-by-its-very-definition-is-love-of-country-but-we/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/cory-booker-2546_country_i-think-patriotism-by-its-very-definitio_2986589.jpg) > [I think my patriotism is strong enough to not be offended when somebody takes a knee during the anthem. That's not something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-doolittle/i-think-my-patriotism-is-strong-enough-to-not-be-offended-when/) [Sean Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-doolittle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f76/sean-doolittle-15057_enough_i-think-my-patriotism-is-strong-enough-t_3129876.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-patriotism/#itemlist", "name": "Think Patriotism Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Let me ask you this, Mr. Ai: do you know, by your own experience, what patriotism is?” “No,” I said, shaken by the force of that intense personality suddenly turning itself wholly upon me. “I don’t think I do. If by patriotism you don’t mean the love of one’s homeland, for that I do know.” “No, I don’t mean love, when I say patriotism. I mean fear. 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It's OK to recognize the parallels. It's OK to invoke them. But, you have to keep that \"almost\" in front of the \"chosen.\" You can't go all the way and say, \"America is Israel, America is the Church.\" That's where I think patriotism shades into, what I call, the heresy of nationalism.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ross Douthat" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-douthat/americans-are-an-almost-chosen-people-which-is-meant-to-suggest-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/ross-douthat-2949_america_americans-are-an-almost-chosen-people-wh_1018188.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/ross-douthat-2949_america_americans-are-an-almost-chosen-people-wh_1018188.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/ross-douthat-2949_america_americans-are-an-almost-chosen-people-wh_1018188.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Americans are an \"almost chosen people,\" which is meant to suggest that there are clear parallels, literal…” — Ross Douthat", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Page 15, paperback version by Virago Press 1997: ... Let me ask you this, Mr Ai: do you know, by your own experience, what patriotism is?” ‘No’, I said, shaken by the force of the intese personality suddenly turning itself wholly upon me. ‘I don´t think I do. If by patriotism you don´t mean the love of one's homeland, for that I do know.’ ‘No, I don’t mean love, when I say patriotism. I mean fear. The fear of the other. And its expressions are political, not poetical: hate, rivalry, aggression. It grows in us, that fear. It grows in us year by year. We’ve followed our road too far. And you, who hardly know what I’m talking about, who show us the new road –‘ He broke off. After a while he went on, in control again, cool and polite: ‘It’s because of fear that I refuse to urge your cause with the king, now. But not fear for myself, Mr. Ai. I’m not acting patriotically. There are, after all, other nations on Gethen.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ursula K. 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