A politician will do anything to keep his job – even become a patriot.
Patriotism Quotes
And say not thou “My country right or wrong,” Nor shed thy blood for an unhallowed cause.
My patriotism stops short of my stomach. (on being offered a glass of German champagne)
Ask not what your country can do for you, but rather what you can do for your country.
What a pity is it That we can die but once to save our country!
Loyalty must arise spontaneously from the hearts of people who love their coountry and respect their government.
I must remind you, Lords, Senators, that extreme patriotism in the defense of freedom is no crime, and let me respectfully remind you that pusillanimity in the pursuit of justice is no virtue in a Roman.
There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.
Patriotism, like religion, meets people’s need for something greater to which their individual lives can be anchored… America’s state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that “treason” is morally worse than murder or rape.
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
