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" I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people. "
Michael D. Higgins
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Positive
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" It used to upset me - now it makes me sad - to see people use patriotism and our troops as a pawn in their political argument. Because I know personally, growing up in a military family, the sacrifice that is made on a daily basis. "
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" We live in a time of conflict - external and internal - when we sometimes concentrate too much on what divides us. Today, fly the Stars and Stripes with pride and confidence that what unites is far stronger. "
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" The great Comrade Kim Jong Il was an outstanding leader who, true to the President's great idea, developed Chongryon into a pacesetter of patriotism, into a model of patriotic loyalty to the motherland, and into a prototype body of overseas compatriots. "
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" It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism. "
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" Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It's all a bit silly. "
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" Americans never quit. "
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" I don't think anyone has qualms in saying victory to the people of India. But when a political party appropriates such a slogan and says this is the definition of patriotism, those who say it are patriotic and those who don't are not patriotic, then I reject that definition. "
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" Whereas nationalism still seeks power, honour, and glory through means that endanger other countries, patriotism knows that a country's strength and honour can only be permanently safeguarded through concourse with other countries. And whereas nationalism scoffs at the idea of international laws and regulations, patriotism seeks to create such. "
Ellen Key
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" Patriotism has served, at different times, as widely different ends as a razor, which ought to be used in keeping your face clean and yet may be used to cut your own throat or that of an innocent person. "
Charles Edward Montague
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" In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia. "
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" The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? "
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" True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else. "
Clarence Darrow
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" Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to a free democracy at the heart of Europe. "
Michael D. Higgins
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" Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose ethnic composition is taken for granted. "
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" I want America to be more like America, if you will. I want the songs, that patriotism we have. "
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" In 'The King's Speech,' patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the fight is clear, it hasn't become complicated over time. "
Tom Hooper
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" Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced. "
Robert Walpole
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" If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it. "
Bob Hope
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Lay
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" The reconnection of society, economy and ethics is a project we cannot postpone. "
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Ethics
" When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish. "
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" Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill. "
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" Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes. "
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" We want enough people adopting Bitcoin for a robust infrastructure. It's an act of patriotism. It gives the country a robust parallel system. "
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" It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. "
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" It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country. "
Alfred Adler
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" My father valued patriotism above all other social obligations, but he had his own particular interpretation of just how true patriotism was meant to function. "
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George Bernard Shaw
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" I don't have heroes, exactly, but I do have people I hold in high respect. Ronald Reagan, for example, stood for ideals that I value: integrity, patriotism and a fundamental belief in goodness and capabilities of mankind. "
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" It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars. "
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" Growing up in New York with artist parents - a very liberal environment, where we were always encouraged to challenge the status quo - I think for a long time I confused jingoism with patriotism. And that is a mistake. "
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