1835 Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville

“Patriotism is the wholesome, constructive love of one’s land and people. Nationalism is the unhealthy love of one’s government, accompanied by the aggressive desire…

— Clyde N. Wilson

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

— Leo Tolstoy

“Make no mistake: patriotism is a religion, the enemy of lucidity. It is pure obscurantism, an act of faith.”

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.

— Guy de Maupassant

Patriotism is merely a religion-love of country, worship of country, devotion to the country's flag and honor and welfare.

— Mark Twain

Patriotism is "a very definite feeling of preference for one's own people or State above all other peoples and States, and a consequent wish…

— Leo Tolstoy

Patriotism, often a thinly veiled form of collective self-worship, celebrates our goodness, our ideals, our mercy and bemoans the perfidiousness of those who hate…

— Chris Hedges

Patriotism is a word which represents a noble idea.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Patriotism is the admission that people who share a land, a place, and a history have a special obligation to that place and to…

— David Ehrenfeld

“True patriotism is not worship of our nation but rather, in the light of our worship of the God of justice, to conform our…

— Robert McAfee Brown

Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose.

— Frank Knox

Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their…

— Jesse Ventura