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" The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins. "
Clara Barton
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" The patriotism in Britain comes from us being a leader. On jobs, on tax havens, on workers' rights, on the environment. We can be leading Europe... and it will be to the benefit of every British citizen. "
Gordon Brown
Citizen
Environment
Patriotism
" 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
" Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. "
Denis Diderot
Patriotism
Threat
Society
" Politics is too partisan, and sometimes patriotism is cast aside. Patriotism is honor and love of your country and your brothers and sisters. With politics I get the impression that it's all about what's good for the party and not necessarily what's good for the country. "
Ricardo Montalban
Politics
Patriotism
Honor
" My father valued patriotism above all other social obligations, but he had his own particular interpretation of just how true patriotism was meant to function. "
Thomas Steinbeck
Social
Own
Father
" Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them. "
Greil Marcus
Live
Up
Suffering
" Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. "
Calvin Coolidge
Looking
Patriotism
America
" Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It's all a bit silly. "
Will Thomas
Silly
Flag
Been
" 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
People
Patriotism
Good
" 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. "
Nick Lampson
Past
Opportunity
Patriotism
" 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. "
George S. Patton
Men
Victory
Man
" Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today. "
Mike Ferguson
Patriotism
Courage
Place
" 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. "
Emily Levine
Problem
Patriotism
Growth
" All the evils of France have been produced less by the perversity of the wicked and the violence of fools than by the hesitation of the weak, the compromises of conscience, and the tardiness of patriotism. Let every deputy, every Frenchman show what he feels, what he thinks, and we are saved! "
Marquis de Lafayette
Conscience
Fools
Violence
" Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. "
Samuel Johnson
Refuge
Patriotism
Scoundrel
" Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose. "
Frank Knox
Patriotism
Purpose
Fire
" Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism. "
Claire Danes
Patriotism
New York
City
" To work hard. To open new doors for our kids, for our grandkids. To renew our spirit. That's what America is about. "
Joseph M. Kyrillos
Work
America
Work Hard
" The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave. "
Alexander Pope
Destroy
Patriot
Ambition
" True patriotism is loving your country and countrymen enough to want to make it better. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Patriotism
Better
Enough
" The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one. "
William Shenstone
Love
Country
Bear
" I don't need a certificate of my patriotism from those in the establishment. "
Asma Jahangir
Those
Patriotism
Need
" Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't. "
Todd Gitlin
Tribal
Some
Want
" 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. "
Ellen Key
Thought
Peace
Patriotism
" Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced. "
Robert Walpole
Deal
Word
Patriotism
" We are a big country, with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time... to ask for an effort in the battle against debt. "
Francois Hollande
Time
Effort
History
" A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon. "
Napoleon Bonaparte
Soldier
Patriotism
Long
" What is it that unites, on the left of British politics, George Orwell, Billy Bragg, Gordon Brown and myself? An understanding that identity and a sense of belonging need to be linked to our commitment to nationhood and a modern form of patriotism. "
David Blunkett
Politics
Identity
Patriotism
" One, if you attack my integrity, I will defend myself. If you attack my patriotism, I will defend myself. If you come after my family, I will counter-attack viciously, I will destroy you. "
Scott Ritter
Myself
Family
Integrity
" I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them. "
Clara Barton
Stand
Face
Fear