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

Franklin Knight Lane

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" True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else. "

Clarence Darrow

" 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. "

" Look, I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism. "

" If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land. "

" I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism. "

Michael Ignatieff

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

Walter Annenberg

" 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. "

" The history of American patriotism is figuring out ways that we can work together to move forward and knit together the common government. "

" 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. "

Arthur C. Clarke

" When I was a kid, back in the '40s, I was a voracious comic book reader. And at that time, there was a lot of patriotism in the comics. They were called things like 'All-American Comics' or 'Star-Spangled Comics' or things like that. I decided to do a logo that was a parody of those comics, with 'American' as the first word. "

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

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

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

" I respect and value the ideals of rugged individualism and self-reliance. But rugged individualism didn't defeat the British, it didn't get us to the moon, build our nation's highways, or map the human genome. We did that together. This is the high call of patriotism. "

" Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose. "

" There's a fine line between patriotism and corn. "

David L. Wolper

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

Barbara Ehrenreich

" I don't think a lot of people are able to relate to genuine patriotism, a genuinely good feeling about our country and its meaning to the rest of the world. "

Christopher McCulloch

" Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. "

John F. Kennedy

" I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. "

" Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. "

Calvin Coolidge

" Remember the Dreamers whose patriotism was praised when the Democratic House passed, and the Senate filibustered - the DREAM Act in 2010? Washington promised a path to citizenship, not just a roadblock to deportation. "

Christine Pelosi

" 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? "

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

Anne-Marie Slaughter

" 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. "

" Xenophobia is dangerous, but patriotism is a good thing. "

" 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. "

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

" Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics. "

Michael Ignatieff

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