Country Quote by Patrick O'Brian

“Patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either my country, right or wrong, which is infamous, or my country is…

— Patrick O'Brian

“But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either my country, right or wrong…

— Patrick O'Brian

Patriotism is not 'my country right or wrong'; patriotism means loving the ideals for which America stands and having the courage to speak up…

— Robert A. Heinlein

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

— John F. Kerry

The word patriotism, or its equivalents and derivations, is upon everyone's lips at the present time. It is a magic word which is thought…

— Ernest Belfort Bax

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, 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

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

— George Orwell

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

My patriotism is not an exclusive thing. It is all embracing. The conception of my patriotism is nothing if it is not always, in…

— Mahatma Gandhi

What defines patriotism, for me, is the idea that one rises to act on behalf of one's country.

— Edward Snowden

Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it...

— George Bernard Shaw