I think patriotism is like charity -- it begins at home.
I think patriotism is like charity -- it begins at home.
The time has gone by for colored people to talk of patriotism . . . He used to be proud that his grandfather, on his mother's side, fought for liberty in the Revolutionary War. But that time had passed by.
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.
A good country song taps into strong undercurrents of family, faith, and patriotism.
The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny.
The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism.... It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity but that its influence may be co-extensive with the world, and stamp political happiness or misery on ages yet unborn. --George Washington.
Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!
Patriotism has served, at different times, as widely different ends as a razor, which ought to be used in keeping your face clean and yet may be used to cut your own throat or that of an innocent person.
Patriotism threatens free speech with death. In other words, the American flag stands for intimidation, censorship, violence, bigotry, sexism, homophobia and shoving the Constitution through a paper shredder. Who are we calling terrorists
These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.
Our purpose now is to reclaim democracy itself. We are here to affirm that when Americans stand up and speak their minds and say America can do better, that is not a challenge to patriotism it is the heart and soul of patriotism.
Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion.
PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer
Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes.
Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
Stadiums started to paint seats red, white and blue. And instead of advertisements on the outfield walls, there were now recruitment signs for the service. You couldn't help but notice all of the patriotism around the country at baseball games.
I don't want the word patriotism being brought up over here because of these guys being professional and (some) other teams are not. Because when you have 100 million in the bank and a contract and you leave everything and take a chance and come over here and play for your country, if that isn't patriotism, I don't know what it is.
You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!
When he was our president, he wanted us to show our patriotism. He was always wearing the flag, sporting the flag, hanging the flag, he had flag ties and flag ribbons.
I dislike loud-mouthed patriots who think they like our country more than I do. Some people's idea of patriotism is hating other countries.
The ''Communism'' of the English intellectual is something explicable enough. It is the patriotism of the deracinated.
When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!
People seem to want to hug New Orleans right now, and this is one way they can do it. It's almost like a patriotism toward the city.
Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to serve, not support for unjust claims, but frank assessment of its vices and sins, and penitence for them
Cindy Sheehan is making a starting point with the questions she is asking and it's not unpatriotic to ask them, ... It's actually a higher form of patriotism.
We must be truthful and fair in the ordinary affairs of life before we can be truthful and fair in patriotism and religion.
If we see three, four, five really good crackdowns on those employers, especially big companies out there, knowingly hiring people illegally, we're going to see -- sort of like compliance with the Internal Revenue Service. It's not just done out of patriotism. It's done because, you know, you might face a penalty. I think we'll see a diminution in the number of illegal hirings,
It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.
During this period he has always been extremely fair in working with us to keep the cost at a minimum while providing maximum exposure. He was instrumental in developing an Air Force Reserve Player of the Game' award presented at all home games. He has promoted Military Appreciation Days and first pitch opportunities for all branches of the military. His patriotism is second to none, and his marketing expertise has greatly benefited the 302nd Airlift Wing recruiting effort over the past ten years.
During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.
She has called your mothers, your aunts, your grandmothers, your daughters, your sons and husbands terrorists. This has to stop. It is the worst kind of McCarthyism. You cannot speak out in this country any more without being called a traitor. The highest form of patriotism is to speak out against policies that do not benefit the citizens of your country. This must stop. She owes an apology, if not a resignation.
In 'The King's Speech,' patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the fight is clear, it hasn't become complicated over time.
If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously, patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common.
He's going to run on the idea that he's the commander-in-chief, that it's about his patriotism, that he kept us safe after 911, ... The time has passed in America when this party can be the party of compassion and let the executive branch run foreign policy.
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.
I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But I will venture to assert, that a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided b.
We love our native country, much as it has wronged us and in the peaceable exercise of our inalienable rights, we will cling to it . . . Will you starve our patriotism.
Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice.
Naturally the common people don't want war ... but after all, it is the leaders of a country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along.... All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.
For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
The Bible tells me that no greater love has a man than to lay down his life for his friends. John Kerry's fellow crewmates -- the men I am honored to share the stage with -- are living testimony to his leadership, his courage under fire, and his willingness to risk his life for his fellow Americans. There is no greater act of patriotism than that.
Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy
That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Iona.
I would like to think that there remains a reservoir -- call it patriotism, if you will, or call it civic duty -- within the private sector that does not require companies to be leaned on in order to cooperate.
These martyrs of patriotism gave their lives for an idea.
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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