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" I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself. "

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" The concept of patriotism is not incompatible with that of humanity; on the contrary, let me state emphatically that he who best serves pacifism serves patriotism best. The nation is and can be no more than the vital basic unit of any international league. "

" I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command. "

" I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally. "

" It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can. "

" 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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" It is the pride of my heart to have been one of the earliest adopted sons of America. "

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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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" Patriotism demands the ability to feel shame as much as to feel pride. "

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" I gave my heart to the Americans and thought of nothing else but raising my banner and adding my colors to theirs. "

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" If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean. "

" When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them? "

" It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country. "

" He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he put other different desires. "

" Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. "

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" For many centuries, even thousands of years, patriotism worked quite well. Of course, it led to wars an so forth, but we shouldn't focus too much on the bad. "

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" 'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.' "

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" Patriotism demands of us sustained sacrifice. "

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" I think Americans are very patriotic. "

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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. "

" When Pearl Harbor was bombed, young Japanese-Americans, like all young Americans, rushed to their draft board to volunteer to fight for our country. That act of patriotism was answered with a slap in the face. We were denied service and categorized as enemy non-alien. "

" 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? "

" Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism. "

" Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children. "

" No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. "

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" It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot. "

" When your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism. "

" 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. "

" Americans never quit. "

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" I am unable to watch the Olympics due to the blustering jingoism that drenches the event. Has England ever been quite so foul with patriotism? The 'dazzling royals' have, quite naturally, hi-jacked the Olympics for their own empirical needs, and no oppositional voice is allowed in the free press. "

" The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave. "