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" Patriots don't let their nation default. "

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" Without a musket to raise, a barricade to storm, a flag to wave, the question hit me in the face like the cold air: 'Who am I?' "

" I want America to be more like America, if you will. I want the songs, that patriotism we have. "

" 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

" Unfortunately, our history has abundant examples of patriotism being used to hurt those who express views in disagreement with that of the majority. "

" My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian. "

Malcolm Turnbull

" We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior. "

Friedrich Durrenmatt

" I've certainly thought a lot more about things like tyranny and patriotism and violence. I think I found some kind of clarity - definitely a thicker understanding. "

" If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit. "

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

Winston Churchill

" Americans never quit. "

Douglas MacArthur

" It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they're not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans. "

" Patriotism has no appeal to us; justice has. Party has no weight with us; principle has. Loyalty is meaningless; it depends on what one is loyal to. "

A. Philip Randolph

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

" I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people. "

Michael D. Higgins

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

Clarence Darrow

" I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world. "

" The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one. "

William Shenstone

" To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who's your real friend? It's the person who tells you the truth. That's who my real friends are. So, you know, I think as far as our country goes, we need more people who will do that. "

" Let the living give thanks to our honored dead who have paid the ultimate sacrifice that the Constitution of the United States remains our guiding light. "

" 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. "

" Let's give some substance to patriotism. It may take a generation. "

Richard Dreyfuss

" Our nuclear scientists and engineers have done a splendid job, and naturally, the entire nation has risen to salute their professional excellence, discipline, and patriotism. They have had the benefit of having been led in the past by great men like Homi Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai. "

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

" Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars. "

" I've personally demanded that tyrants let their people go. I've tried to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, protect the elderly and infirm, and defend the needy from the aggressively greedy. I've led a blessed life. What a kick for a kid from the projects. "

" Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis might be being put on nationality and on the other hand patriotism, that sort of thing. "

" Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes. "

Kjell Magne Bondevik

" Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue. "

Henry IV of England

" My definition, the definition that I've always believed in, is that esprit de corps means love for one's own military legion - in my case, the United States Marine Corps. It means more than self-preservation, religion, or patriotism. I've also learned that this loyalty to one's corps travels both ways: up and down. "

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