What this country needs – what every country needs occasionally – is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends.
Patriotism Quotes
Of course we argued about the war (in South Africa). After some interchanges I found myself beaten back to the citadel “My country right or wrong.” – “Ah,” said the old gentleman, “When the poor country is fighting for its life, I agree. But this was not your case”. (relating his 1900 exchange with Mark […]
And say not thou “My country right or wrong,” Nor shed thy blood for an unhallowed cause.
My patriotism stops short of my stomach. (on being offered a glass of German champagne)
Ask not what your country can do for you, but rather what you can do for your country.
What a pity is it That we can die but once to save our country!
Loyalty must arise spontaneously from the hearts of people who love their coountry and respect their government.
I must remind you, Lords, Senators, that extreme patriotism in the defense of freedom is no crime, and let me respectfully remind you that pusillanimity in the pursuit of justice is no virtue in a Roman.
There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.
Patriotism, like religion, meets people’s need for something greater to which their individual lives can be anchored… America’s state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that “treason” is morally worse than murder or rape.
