Celebrate Quote by Chris Hedges

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

— Leo Tolstoy

PATRIOTISM, n. 1) The inability to distinguish between the government and one's 'country'; 2) A highly praiseworthy virtue characterized by the desire to dominate…

— Chaz Bufe

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 in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims,…

— 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

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 when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

— Charles de Gaulle

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

By ' patriotism ' I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life , which one believes to be the…

— George Orwell

The word patriotism, or its equivalents and derivations, is upon everyone's lips at the present time. It is a magic word which is thought…

— Ernest Belfort Bax

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