Character Quote by Sam Houston

There seems no reason why patriotism and narrowness should go together, or why intellectual impartiality should be confounded with political trimming, or why serviceable…

— Herman Melville

The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education.

— Alfred Whitney Griswold

I want to caution that we must not confuse patriotism with blind endorsement of bad policies.

— Mark Hatfield

Followers of another political party tell us that we will strengthen ourselves by ignoring our history, our traditions, our mythologies, our culture and vision,…

— B. W. Powe

America's heart and soul is more embedded in our love of liberty, self-reliance, and tolerance than by our foreign policy, driven by powerful special…

— Ron Paul

It would, therefore, seem obvious that patriotism as a feeling is bad and harmful, and as a doctrine is stupid. For it is clear…

— Leo Tolstoy

An informed patriotism is what we want.

— Ronald Reagan

“Historically, American liberals have been idealists, pressing forward toward the goals of greater freedom, social equality, and more meaningful democracy. The articulate exposition of…

— Samuel P. Huntington

Patriotism has no appeal to us; justice has. Party has no weight with us; principle has. Loyalty is meaningless; it depends on what one…

— A. Philip Randolph

Liberality is not giving much, but giving wisely.

— Benjamin Franklin

We have to define American patriotism as future-oriented.

— Ro Khanna

Our liberality should not exceed our ability.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero