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Patriotism Quotes
"It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me."
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"The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny."
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"The very idea of true patriotism is lost, and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes. A patriot, sir! Why, patriots spring up like mushrooms!"
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"Regarding the Panama Canal Treaty negotiations, they will find us standing up or dead, but never on our knees; NEVER!"
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"Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes."
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"I'm an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel."
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"There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism."
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"Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't."
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"Our flag represents every American and it should not be hidden away as a result of property agreements."
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"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."
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"America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world."
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"Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country."
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"The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer."
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"We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity."
"We are proud to have with us the poet lariat of Chicago."
"We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage."
"Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose."
"We Americans... bear the ark of liberties of the world."
"I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community."
"To compel the nation with challenge the traditional American doctrine of freedom of the seas, every man and every ship in the navy is solemnly pledged."
"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."
"If that for which the Spanish Empire has stood since the days of Charles V is right, then everything for which the United States stands and has always stood is wrong."
"Our Founding Fathers would be proud of all that America has achieved, and will continue to achieve, in the coming years."
"True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else."
"It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win the final battle."
"Whatever insults my State insults me."
"Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts."
"I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country."
"True Americanism recognizes the enormous gravity of the social and labor problems which confront us."
"I do not feel an exile from America in any sense."
"There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism."
"We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior."
"There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people."
"But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism."
"Contrast the United States with any country on the face of the earth today and ask yourself whether the situation of the United States is not the best to be found."
"Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith."
"The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem."
"Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong."
"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."
"We as Democrats have no apologies to make to anyone."
"Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism."
"Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state."
"My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth."
"I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief."
"The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession."
"The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon."
"The army is the true nobility of our country."
"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."
"The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise."
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