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" The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? "

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" 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

" Here's how I see obesity: as a symptom. The larger problem is over-consumption. In a society that identifies consumption with patriotism, valorizes 'growth' above all else and assigns status according to how much you consume, we compete with each other to see who can consume the most. "

" I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism. "

Michael Ignatieff

" Music will save the world. "

" But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present. "

" I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside. "

Winston Churchill

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

" 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 don't think anyone has qualms in saying victory to the people of India. But when a political party appropriates such a slogan and says this is the definition of patriotism, those who say it are patriotic and those who don't are not patriotic, then I reject that definition. "

Palaniappan Chidambaram

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins. "

" The values, the programs, the formula, the determination, and the patriotism responsible for America's past success are still here to be tapped. "

Michael Mandelbaum

" No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach. "

" You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it. "

" '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.' "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

" Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country. "

" We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the others, without the tree. "

" The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in the name of a wise, honourable and democratic patriotism. "

" Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized. "

Totalitarianism

" 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. "

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

William Shenstone

" The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults. "

Alexis de Tocqueville

" I have suffered my self to be politically sacrificed to save my country from ruin and disgrace and if I am never a gain elected I will have the gratification to know that I have done my duty. "

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

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

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

Franklin Knight Lane

" 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

" Our platform calls for a balanced deficit reduction plan where the wealthy pay their fair share. And 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. "