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" 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

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

Walter Annenberg

" I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. "

" Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched. "

Guy de Maupassant

" 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. "

" Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. "

Winston Churchill

" Peasants, who after the liberation of the country became the masters of their lands and their country under the benevolence of Comrade Kim Il Sung, launched the campaigns for increasing agricultural production and donating cereals out of patriotism, and thus faithfully supported the Party's line of nation building. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I know it is very hard to rise above the influences of party prejudice. Often, it almost drowns the sentiment of patriotism. Party rancor and party hatred are the last serpents which the genius of patriotism can crush. "

Joseph P. Bradley

" I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism. "

Michael Ignatieff

" I think patriotism is all about wanting to see America better, wanting to see those are oppressed do better and get treated better. "

" America is the spirit of human exploration distilled. "

" The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain. "

George McGovern

" Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. "

Adlai Stevenson

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

Calvin Coolidge

" 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

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

Abraham Lincoln

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

David L. Wolper

" 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

" Given the knee-jerk patriotism of recent war movies, it's discouraging to see 'Windtalkers' evade pertinent facts that could have recast the doubled-edged issues of racism and loyalty and made them relevant to contemporary times. "

" 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 a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism! "

David Starr Jordan

" It was a very big principle in my upbringing that you should respect everybody's work. The street sweeper. Everybody. You should never look down on anybody for their work. "

Barbara Ehrenreich

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving! "

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