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" 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. "

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" Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. When you're willing to stand up within the group and say, 'It is wrong for Black people to be anti-Semitic,' or 'It is wrong for America to discriminate against persons of African descent and made them slaves and based its wealth upon free labor,' it's crucial to say that. "

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

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

" 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. "

Lech Walesa

" Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't. "

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

" I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man. "

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

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

" Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory. "

" Patriots don't let their nation default. "

" To me, patriotism is about working ethically and wholeheartedly in our chosen field. "

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" Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism. "

" There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism. "

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

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

Henry James

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" During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism. "

" Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. "

" Patriotism demands of us sustained sacrifice. "

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" There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a way of life, and nationalism, which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life. "

" Diversified interests must exist in every community, and that system which is best calculated to promote the general interest is the one which should be adopted and adhered to with fidelity. "

" We now occupy the proud attitude of a sovereign and independent Republic, which will impose upon us the obligation of evincing to the world that we are worthy to be free. This will only be accomplished by wise legislation, the maintenance of our integrity, and the faithful and just redemption of our plighted faith wherever it has been pledged. "

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

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

" Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime. "

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" Americans never quit. "

" Like George Sand, the feminism of the present day asserts the right of free thought against the creed of authority in every field; the solidarity of mankind and the cause of peace against the patriotism of militarism; social reform against the existing relations of society. "

" The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny. "

" Every presidential candidate highlights patriotism, but Mr. Romney's is backed by the Mormon belief that the United States was chosen by God to play a special role in history, its Constitution divinely inspired. "