Brain Quote by Gideon Levy

Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil which makes their graves,…

— Henry David Thoreau

Into the cultural and technological system of the modern world, the patriotic spirit fits like dust in the eyes and sand in the bearings.…

— Thorstein Veblen

“Your highest patriotism today is to respect the memory of those who have died in the uniform of their country by vowing that it…

— Willis Carto

“Flags are blossoming now where little else is blossoming and I am bent on fathoming what it means to love my country. The history…

— Adrienne Rich

Patriotism is not sentimental nonsense. Nor something dreamed up by demagogues. Patriotism is as necessary a part of man's evolutionary equipment as are his…

— Robert A. Heinlein

In our day the feeling of patriotism is an unnatural, irrational, and harmful feeling, and a cause of a great part of the ills…

— Leo Tolstoy

Patriotism is often the cry extolled when morally questionable acts are advocated by those in power. When these cries of patriotism drown out any…

— Chelsea Manning

The people are urged to be patriotic ... by sacrificing their own children. Patriotism requires allegience to the flag, which means obedience and readiness…

— Emma Goldman

Patriotism is a salt against rottenness, a glorious spur to high endeavour; it recovers the half-obliterated virtue of loyalty, calls every man to service,…

— Percy Dearmer

A great deal of what passes by the name of patriotism in these days consists of the merest bigotry and narrow-mindedness; exhibiting itself in…

— Samuel Smiles

“You might think there is nothing more patriotic than dying for your country, but I think there is nothing more patriotic than living for…

— Jarod Kintz

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