Unpatriotic Quotes

If a religion is unpatriotic, it ain't right.

— Harriette Simpson Arnow

When I hear things like 'unpatriotic,' I just chalk it up to a lot of political rhetoric.

— Heather Bresch

To engage all sides of Parliament in a common national cause is not unpatriotic.

— Nicholas Soames

“Hating Britain is a fundamental part of being British”

— Ben Mitchell

Global warming alarmists are unpatriotic racists knowingly misleading for their own ends,

— Pat Sajak

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

— Theodore Roosevelt

When a whole nation is roaring patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It's not unpatriotic to have feelings and beliefs that don't go with the President - with his feelings and beliefs.

— Shavo Odadjian

“It’s not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it’s the most patriotic thing we can do.”

— Anonymous

Each successive Labour Government has been the most rapacious, doctrinaire and unpatriotic conspiracy to be seen this side of the Iron Curtain.

— Roy Jenkins

“I wondered if anyone thought what we were doing was unpatriotic. It was weird. Thinking that to protest was somehow un-American.”

— Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

“In the days ahead we must not consider it unpatriotic to raise certain basic questions about our national character.”

— Martin Luther King Jr

“Yeah, well call me unpatriotic, but I see don't see the cheerleader thing. Cheer isn't sexy. Dark is sexy. Ambivalent is sexy.…

— John Green

There are people who consider it almost unpatriotic to be inquisitive and to be truthful about your opinions.

— Laura Dern

The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely that we may be wrong and that…

— George Soros

“The religious right are being decidedly unpatriotic in their quest to drive us back toward the Theocracy that our revolutionary soldiers spilled…

— Al Stefanelli

U.S. journalists I don't think are very courageous. They tend to go along with the government's policy domestically and internationally. To question…

— Robert Fisk

I believe to go along to get along is unpatriotic. I believe that agreeing with your government on everything they do is…

— Jesse Ventura

To announce there must be no criticism of the president or that we are to stand with the president, right or wrong,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I don't think the average American understands what patriotism truthfully is. That's why when I attack our country or attack the government,…

— Patti Smith

“I wondered if anybody thought what we were doing was unpatriotic. It was weird. Thinking that to protest was somehow un-American. That…

— Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

In 2003 I was saying, where are the ties [between Iraq] and al-Qaida? Where are the ties to 9/11? I knew it;…

— George Clooney

The American ideal of sexuality appears to be rooted in the American ideal of masculinity. This idea has created cowboys and Indians,…

— James A. Baldwin

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I will not let the Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts, go unchallenged. At the very least, we should debate. We…

— Rand Paul

Surely, if it is the right of the people to "alter or abolish," it is their right to criticize, even severely, policies…

— Howard Zinn

The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst…

— William Sloane Coffin

But let it not be said that we did nothing. Let not those who love the power of the welfare/warfare state label…

— Ron Paul

The problem is that the way [President] Bush has done it over the last eight years is to take out a credit…

— Barack Obama

The fact that there are singer-songwriters dealing with substantive issues is encouraging. It's important for young people to perceive that there are…

— Mary Travers

“Arnold had never given much thought to whether or not he loved America—but now it seemed pretty obvious to him that he…

— Jacob M. Appel

“It is not unpatriotic to acknowledge America’s faults. No country is perfect… We can’t reach the top of the mountain if we…

— Keith Ellison

It must never be unpatriotic to support your country against your government. It must always be unpatriotic to support your government against…

— Steven T. Byington

If corporations are people, as the Supreme Court wishes us to believe, they are stunningly unpatriotic ones.

— Timothy Noah

Conservatives truly love America and support the armed forces, while liberals are unpatriotic draft dodgers.

— Joe Conason

Millions of citizens are deeply disturbed that the military-industrial complex too often shapes national policy, but they do not want to be…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

To be deeply committed to negotiations, to be opposed to a particular war or military action, is not only considered unpatriotic, it…

— Myriam Miedzian

You need people with the courage to stand up and voice their opposition without being labeled unpatriotic.

— Wesley Clark

“A leader who allows their subordinates to suffer as proof of who is the boss likely quenches their thirst with salt water…

— Donavan Nelson Butler, Master Sergeant US Army

[There] is something fundamentally unpatriotic in the yearning to fundamentally transform your country.

— Jonah Goldberg