Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
Patriotism Quotes
There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only hundred percent Americanism.
If patriotism is good, then Christianity, which gives peace, is an idle term, and the sooner this teaching is eradicated, the better. But if Christianity really gives peace, and we really want peace, patriotism is a survival from barbarous times, which must not be evoked… as we now do, but which must be eradicated by […]
There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to […]
If patriotism had been taught in the schools years ago the country would not be in the position it is in today. Mr. Skinner is better satisfied with the present conditions than I am. I would teach patriotism in the schools, and teach it this way: I would throw out the old maxim, “My country, […]
You’re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.
A patriot wraps himself around the flag to defend it; a scoundrel wraps it around himself to defend himself.
