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Patriotism Quotes by Mark Twain
- Well - Patriotism has its laws. And it also is a perfectly definite one, there are not vaguenesses about it. It commands that the brother…
- Word it as softly as you please, the spirit of patriotism is the spirit of the dog and wolf. The moment there is a misunderstanding…
- Remember this, take this to heart, live by it, die for it if necessary: that our patriotism is medieval, outworn, obsolete; that the modern patriotism,…
- Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak.
- Patriotism is merely a religion-love of country, worship of country, devotion to the country's flag and honor and welfare.
- My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders.
- Talking of patriotism, what humbug it is; it is a word which always commemorates a robbery.
- Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
- Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.
- Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
- In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join…
- He said that man’s heart was the only bad heart in the animal kingdom; that man was the only animal capable of feeling malice, envy,…
- My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing,…
- To be a patriot, one had to say, and keep on saying, "Our Country, right or wrong," and urge on the little war. Have you…
- That's the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don't care, individuals do.
- We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped…
- Man is the only Patriot. He sets himself apart in his own country, under his own flag, and sneers at the other nations, and keeps…
- Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel. He is the man who talks the loudest.
- ...majority Patriotism is the customary Patriotism.
- We teach them to take their patriotism at second-hand; to shout with the largest crowd without examining into the right or wrong of the matter…
- The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice -- and always has been.
- [Patriotism] ...is a word which always commemorates a robbery. There isn't a foot of land in the world which doesn't represent the ousting and re-ousting…
- The business aspects of the Fourth of July is not perfect as it stands. See what it costs us every year with loss of life,…
More Patriotism Quotes
- I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to… — James A. Baldwin
- A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. — Edward Abbey
- We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail. — Dave Barry
- The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins. — Clara Barton
- Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and… — Joe Barton
- You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is… — Charles A. Beard
- Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation. — Jane Addams
- It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country. — Alfred Adler
- Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. — Ambrose Bierce
- What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on… — Ambrose Bierce
- There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical… — John Bolton
- A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon. — Napoleon Bonaparte