Contribution Quote by Thorstein Veblen

The patriotic spirit demands loyal and strict adherence to nonviolence and truth.

— Mahatma Gandhi

To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary... is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions…

— Robert Jackson

“Patriotism is a fierce love for the nation’s soul - its land, its people, its core, coupled with a burning contempt for a government…

— Njau Kihia

The essence of patriotism lies in a willingness to sacrifice for one's country, just as true greatness finds expression, not in blessings enjoyed, but…

— William Jennings Bryan

Patriotism is the vital condition of national permanence.

— George William Curtis

Patriotism is a salt against rottenness, a glorious spur to high endeavour; it recovers the half-obliterated virtue of loyalty, calls every man to service,…

— Percy Dearmer

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

Of all ennobling sentiments, patriotism may be the most easily manipulated. On the one hand, it gives powerful expression to what is best in…

— Nancy Gibbs

Patriotism is not sentimental nonsense. Nor something dreamed up by demagogues. Patriotism is as necessary a part of man's evolutionary equipment as are his…

— Robert A. Heinlein

I have formed a very clear conception of patriotism. I have generally found it thrust into the foreground by some fellow who has something…

— Anonymous

A great deal of what passes by the name of patriotism in these days consists of the merest bigotry and narrow-mindedness; exhibiting itself in…

— Samuel Smiles

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

— Jubin Nautiyal