- A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
- George William Curtis on Patriotism
- A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.
- William Ralph Inge on Patriotism
- A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
- Bill Vaughan on Patriotism
- Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.
- Evan Bayh on Patriotism
- Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today.
- Mike Ferguson on Patriotism
- America beats on you so hard the whole time. You are constantly being pummeled by other people's rights and their sense of patriotism.
- Richard Ford on Patriotism
- America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape.
- William Blum on Patriotism
- Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.
- Richard M. Nixon on Patriotism
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