Abdication Quote by 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 "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 is a word which represents a noble idea.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Leo Tolstoy

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

Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.

— William Jennings Bryan

Patriotism depends as much on mutual suffering as on mutual success; and it is by that experience of all fortunes and all feelings that…

— Benjamin Disraeli

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