Attributes Quote by George J. Mitchell

“[Patriotism] is in itself a kind of religion: it does not reason, but it acts from the impulse of faith and sentiment.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

There is a powerful desire by majorities to assert a religious identity for the country.

— Jack Balkin

“In the United States there is a unique blend of patriotism indoctrination from the pulpit which blends establishment controls into the religious ideology. This…

— James Scott, Senior Fellow, The Center for Cyber Influence Operations Studies

“patriotism and religion are the only two motives in the world which can permanently direct the whole of a body politic to one end.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Religion gives us a place to stand outside politics, and without it we're vulnerable to a system in which the state defines everything, which…

— R. R. Reno

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

Of all ennobling sentiments, patriotism may be the most easily manipulated. On the one hand, it gives powerful expression to what is best in…

— Nancy Gibbs

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

— Guy de Maupassant

Patriotism is a superstition, one far more injurious, brutal and inhumane than religion.

— Gustave Herve

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 must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.

— Henry Bolingbroke

Patriotism is idolatry of the self.

— Simone Weil