Appearance Quote by Samuel Johnson

The time is fast approaching when to call a man a patriot will be the deepest insult you can offer him. Patriotism now means…

— Anonymous

The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility and out of self interest for himself, his family, and the future of his…

— Ron Paul

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

— William Jennings Bryan

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

“Truth and sincerity have a certain distinguishing native luster about them which cannot be perfectly counterfeited; they are like fire and flame, that cannot…

— Walter Isaacson

“Patriotism is just an idea, so is capitalism or communism. But ideas can make men forget their own interests. And the guys in charge…

— Min Jin Lee

“The substance of patriotism matters more than the symbols.”

— Barack Obama

It is the quality of patriotism to be jealous and watchful, to observe all secret machinations, and to see publick dangers at a distance.…

— Samuel Johnson

In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid…

— Mark Twain

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country; who, as an agent in parliament,…

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Ambrose Bierce

“In most poetic expressions of patriotism, it is impossible to distinguish what is one of the greatest human virtues from the worst human vice,…

— W.H. Auden