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.
Patriotism Quotes
In time of war the loudest patriots are the greatest profiteers.
I don’t believe in God. My god is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
Patriot, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors.
The love of one’s country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
Patriotism, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of anyone ambitious to illuminate his name.
Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness for anyone. The last words of British nurse, shot as a spy by the German authorities in Brussels on October 12, 1915.
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.
Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts to sweep away the heaped-up wrongs of centuries; but they languish at times, while the love of self works on ceaselessly, unwearyingly, burrowing always at the very root of life, and heaping up fresh wrongs for other centuries to sweep away.
