Affection Quote by Benjamin Rush

Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support…

— Benjamin Rush

By patriotism is meant, not only spontaneous, instinctive love for one's own nation, and preference for it above all other nations, but also the…

— Leo Tolstoy

Patriotism is not an abstract concept. It begins from one's own home. It buds out from the love for one's parents, spouses and children,…

— Kim Jong-un

For us, patriotism is the same as the love of humanity.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

— Mark Twain

Patriotism depends as much on mutual suffering as on mutual success; and it is by that experience of all fortunes and all feelings that…

— Benjamin Disraeli

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

The essence of patriotism lies in a willingness to sacrifice for one's country, just as true greatness finds expression, not in blessings enjoyed, but…

— William Jennings Bryan

Patriotism is just loyalty to friends, people, families.

— Robert Santos

Patriotism, or the peculiar relation of an individual to his country, is like the family instinct. In the child it is a blind devotion;…

— George William Curtis

“Patriotism is a fierce love for the nation’s soul - its land, its people, its core, coupled with a burning contempt for a government…

— Njau Kihia

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