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" I want to light the lights of patriotism. "

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" Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's? "

" 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

" As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our own future. This does not pose any danger to anybody. Our nation is fully aware of the responsibility for its own fate in the complicated situation of the contemporary world. "

" Legislation is the only lasting solution for the men and women brought to this country through no fault of their own who want to perform the ultimate act of patriotism in defending America. "

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

" The sole and basic source of our strength is the solidarity of workers, peasants and the intelligentsia, the solidarity of the nation, the solidarity of people who seek to live in dignity, truth, and in harmony with their conscience. "

" Patriotism demands of us sustained sacrifice. "

Chiang Kai-shek

" When I was fighting communism, there was rapid development of satellite television and cell phones, and communism, to survive, would have to block all these information devices. "

" My most ardent desire is that my country will recapture its historic opportunity for a peaceful evolution and that Poland will prove to the world that even the most complex situations can be solved by a dialogue and not by force. "

" Communism in Cuba will collapse sooner or later because you can't control the free flow of information. Communism prevents organizations from developing by stopping the flow of information. The system is based on police and listening devices and triggers the worst characteristics in humans. "

" Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized. "

Totalitarianism

" True patriotism is loving your country and countrymen enough to want to make it better. "

Malcolm Jenkins

" Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about. "

" The values, the programs, the formula, the determination, and the patriotism responsible for America's past success are still here to be tapped. "

Michael Mandelbaum

" The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it? "

Ronnie James Dio

" My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors. "

Franklin Knight Lane

" I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism. "

Michael Ignatieff

" No matter where people stand on the policies that led to the conflicts, Americans recognize the depth of sacrifice and patriotism of our men and women in uniform. Everyone agrees these heroes deserve every advantage we can give them. "

" However British you may be, I am more British still. "

" Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness. "

" The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable... those aspects are too fundamental to ignore or gloss over. "

Bernadine Dohrn

" You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction. You have so many computers, why don't you use them in the search for love? "

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

" I ask the educational system, the parents, the church, and pillars of the community to help shape a new culture of honesty, patriotism, respect, discipline and service for young Filipinos. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country. "

Marian Anderson

" True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety. "

Abraham Lincoln

" Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb Americans who love their country and hate the enemy. "

" Well, the post office is probably not the place you want to go if you want to be infused with patriotism and a renewed sense of vigor. "

" People are most important. "