That pernicious sentiment, “Our country, right or wrong”
Patriotism Quotes
Realize for yourself the power of Athens, and feed your eyes upon her day after day, till you become her devoted lover. Then, when all her greatness breaks upon you, reflect that it was by courage, sense of duty and a keen feeling of honor in action that men were enabled to win all this, […]
When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!
Certainly it is no shame to a man that he should be as nice about his country as his sweetheart,- yet it would not be wise to hold everyone an enemy who could not see her with our own enchanted eyes.
If patriotism is “the last refuge of a scoundrel,” it is not merely because evil deeds may be performed in the name of patriotism, but because patriotic fervor can obliterate moral distinctions altogether.
The flaming patriot, who so lately scorched us in the meridian, sinks temperately to the west, and is hardly felt as he descends.
Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a ‘universal’ without patriotism, without home, who has found his people everywhere.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.
