He loves his country best who strives to make it best.
Patriotism Quotes
Patriotism, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of anyone ambitious to illuminate his name.
Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness for anyone. The last words of British nurse, shot as a spy by the German authorities in Brussels on October 12, 1915.
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.
Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts to sweep away the heaped-up wrongs of centuries; but they languish at times, while the love of self works on ceaselessly, unwearyingly, burrowing always at the very root of life, and heaping up fresh wrongs for other centuries to sweep away.
Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,’ I says, ‘but don’t insult me poor bleedin’ country.’
Patriotism: In Dr. Johnson’s famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as “The last refuge of a scoundrel”. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer, I beg to submit that it is the first.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.
