Patriotism Quotes

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism – how passionately I hate them!

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science.

Sweet and glorious it is to die for our country.

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.

Patriotism assumes that our globe is divided into little spots, each one surrounded by an iron gate. Those who had the fortune of being born on some particular spot, consider themselves better, nobler, grander, more intelligent than the living beings inhabiting any other spot. It is, therefore, the duty of everyone living on that chosen […]

The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag.

True patriotism doesn’t exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.

Conceit, arrogance and egotism are the essence of patriotism.

What we need are critical lovers of America – patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.

Nations have lost their old omnipotence. The patriotic tie does not hold. Nations are getting obsolete; we go and live where we will.