Approval Quote by Thomas E. Mann

Patriotism is the vital condition of national permanence.

— George William Curtis

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.

— Michael Ignatieff

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

— Theodore Roosevelt

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 has become a mere national self assertion, a sentimentality of flag-cheering with no constructive duties.

— H. G. Wells

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

— William Jennings Bryan

Patriotism means loving our country, not the government.

— Mike Cloud

Patriotism alone is not enough.

— Edith Cavell

“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics.

— Michael Ignatieff

Patriotism is a feeling that grows as you become conscious of your surroundings.

— Jubin Nautiyal

Patriotism is idolatry of the self.

— Simone Weil