Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws? "

Related Quotes:

" Nothing can be better calculated to advance our interests and character than the establishment of a liberal and disinterested policy, enlightened by patriotism and guided by wisdom. "

" If you belonged to a political party or a social club that was tied to as much bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, violence, and sheer ignorance as religion is, you'd resign in protest. "

" Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility that if you worked real hard, and you loved something, you could become successful. "

Francis Ford Coppola

" I don't need a certificate of my patriotism from those in the establishment. "

" One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism. "

" The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national prosperity; of trade and dickering, not principle. "

Lincoln Steffens

" 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. "

" I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world. "

" But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore. "

" Suicide is man's way of telling God, 'You can't fire me - I quit.' "

" Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a birth survivor. "

" Unfortunately, our history has abundant examples of patriotism being used to hurt those who express views in disagreement with that of the majority. "

" Patriotism has no appeal to us; justice has. Party has no weight with us; principle has. Loyalty is meaningless; it depends on what one is loyal to. "

A. Philip Randolph

" A nation is the same people living in the same place. "

" I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community. "

" Patriotism is the religion of hell. "

James Branch Cabell

" Kids. They're not easy. But there has to be some penalty for sex. "

" Yes, I'm a patriotic person. For these people who disgrace the American way and burn our flag and do all of these things... I say, don't live here and disgrace my country. Go live in the Middle East and see how you like it. "

" We want enough people adopting Bitcoin for a robust infrastructure. It's an act of patriotism. It gives the country a robust parallel system. "

Patrick M. Byrne

" Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism. "

" Every year in late June, Custer's Last Stand is reenacted on the high plains of Montana. When Custer led out the 7th Cavalry in 2003 - the year I witnessed it - the audience stood and cheered with turbo-charged patriotism. "

" A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works. "

" My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th of July celebrations marked by fireworks and patriotic music played from a pavilion bandstand. "

Frederick Reines

" Patriotism demands of us sustained sacrifice. "

Chiang Kai-shek

" For you are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making. "

Franklin Knight Lane

" Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers. "

" My country has been very good to me; I must be good to my country. "

Walter Annenberg

" Women cannot complain about men anymore until they start getting better taste in them. "

" Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. "

" Religion, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need. "