Top Patriotism Quotes

The humanitarian philosophies that have been developed (sometimes under some religious banner and invariably in the face of religious opposition) are human inventions, as the name implies - and our sp...

There are 2 kinds of fighters: those who fight because they hate, and those who fight because they love.

Patriotism Definition

(n.) Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's country; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country.

A true patriot never abandons his country at the hour of need.

I love my country, not my government.

The job facing American voters… in the days and years to come is to determine which hearts, minds and souls command those qualities best suited to unify a country rather than further divide it, to hea...

Me, personally. I do not know a soul who perished that day of 9/11. But it did then, does now, and I imagine it always will bring out the Patriot in me.

If you love your country, you must be willing to defend it from fraud, bigotry, and recklessness--even from a president.

And I wonder, therefore, how James Atlas can have been so indulgent in his recent essay ‘The Changing World of New York Intellectuals.’ This rather shallow piece appeared in the magazine, and took us...

If there is any solace to be found in the carnage of September 11th, may I find it in understanding that the potential to do great good can handily rival the tendency to carry out great evil. And out...

The land is always there...it is you who has to return

To be an American is to be accosted by bigotry and enmity for the rights that you were told to appreciate.

When national ideals are confined to insignificant issues reflective primarily of a personal choice, there lies a problem of distorted priorities.

Where humanitysowed faith, hope, and unity, joy’s garden blossomed.

The birthplace of anarchy is the cemetery of freedom.

Self-observation is simply the observation of an internal state and an external event. It is pure awareness, which gives one the ability to choose one's actions. Only by having the choice can one perf...

What is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply? What is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry?

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official.

Every November of my boyhood, we put on red poppies and attended highly patriotic services in remembrance of those who had 'given' their lives. But on what assurance did we know that these gifts had r...

There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.

I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.