Knowing Quote by Mark Twain

Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel. He is the man who talks the loudest.

— Mark Twain

A Patriot is someone who stands for his country always, and for his government when it is deserved.

— Mark Twain

A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.

— Billy Bragg

A patriot is one who wrestles for the soul of her country as she wrestles for her own being.

— Adrienne Rich

I'm a patriot in the truest sense of the word.

— Al Sharpton

From my fathers point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for…

— Thomas Steinbeck

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

PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool…

— Ambrose Bierce

The true patriot scrutinizes the actions of his own government with unceasing vigilance. And when his government violates the morality and rightness associated with…

— Jacob G. Hornberger

For me, the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that's what separates us from other countries.

— George Clooney

A true patriot would keep the attention of his fellow citizens awake to their grievances, and not allow them to rest till the causes…

— Samuel Adams

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

— Ambrose Bierce