They say ‘Patriotism is the last refuge To which a scoundrel clings.’ Steal a little and they throw you in jail, Steal a lot, and they make you king. (Robert Zimmerman)
Patriotism Quotes
Our country is the world, our countrymen are all mankind. We love the land of our nativity, only as we love all other lands. The interests, rights, and liberties of American citizens are no more dear to us than are those of the whole human race. Hence we can allow no appeal to patriotism, to […]
It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they’re not like the wrong Americans, who are not really American.
Patriotism has, like other religions whose object of worship is little open to question, its extreme sensitiveness, it’s fanatical intolerance. The ceremonial observances are enforced with zealotry, and those who blaspheme with unassenting presence are likely to be thrown out bodily or confined in jail.
We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
It is now the moment when… we pause… to recall what our country has done for each of us, and to ask ourselves what we can do for our country in return.
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
This is not how a great nation should debate issues of war and peace. To question people’s patriotism for simply raising questions about how a war is to be fought and won – to say that anybody who doesn’t support the president’s particular policy on national security is against national security – is not only […]
I don’t set up for being a cosmopolite, which to any mind signifies being polite to every country except your own.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism – how passionately I hate them!
