Causes Quote by Ernest Belfort Bax

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 means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to serve, not support for unjust claims, but frank assessment…

— Anonymous

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

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

— George Orwell

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 means advocating plunder in the interests of the privileged class of your particular country. The time will soon come when calling someone a…

— Ernest Belfort Bax

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, n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined…

— Ambrose Bierce

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

My definition of patriotism is to defend your country with the truth, no matter the consequences.

— John F. Kerry

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Patriotism is one of the unalterable facts of man's nature. It is a virtue if you like it, and a vice if you don't…

— Max Eastman