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" To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary... is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds. "

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" Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard. "

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" The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable... those aspects are too fundamental to ignore or gloss over. "

" Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. "

" 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. "

" To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography. "

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" Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose ethnic composition is taken for granted. "

" The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. "

" I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision. "

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" For me, my country comes first. Nothing else matters but my country. I always felt that the best way to express your patriotism is to spread love, and that's all I ever tried to do through my work and my cinema. "

" I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community. "

" 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. "

" It used to upset me - now it makes me sad - to see people use patriotism and our troops as a pawn in their political argument. Because I know personally, growing up in a military family, the sacrifice that is made on a daily basis. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Into the soul of every student I would have instilled the patriotic fervor of Patrick Henry. "

" The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth. "

" The very idea of true patriotism is lost, and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes. A patriot, sir! Why, patriots spring up like mushrooms! "

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

" 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. "

" There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Patriotism is a love of country. If you love your country, you should love your countrymen and women. It doesn't mean you always agree with them or even like them. It is understanding that we have interwoven destiny. "

" I suppose I have become a sort of living monument in Portugal. But I come from a family with roots all over the world, so the idea of patriotism is not very strong in me. My country is the country of Chekhov, Beethoven, Velasquez - writers I like, painters and artists I admire. "

" 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

" Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them! "

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