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

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Terry McAuliffe

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

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

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

Friedrich Durrenmatt

" 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. "

" The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it? "

Ronnie James Dio

" They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead. "

Henry A. Wallace

" Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. "

Calvin Coolidge

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

George Bernard Shaw

" We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail. "

" It is important to note that there are no age limitations on who can donate organs and tissue. Newborns as well as senior citizens have been organ donors. "

Senior Citizens

" 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. "

" Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized. "

Totalitarianism

" If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it. "

" One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous. "

" It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me. "

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

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

Kjell Magne Bondevik

" But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism. "

" Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced. "

" The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise. "

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

" Patriots don't let their nation default. "

" I ask the educational system, the parents, the church, and pillars of the community to help shape a new culture of honesty, patriotism, respect, discipline and service for young Filipinos. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" Let no American imagine that Zionism is inconsistent with patriotism. Multiple loyalties are objectionable only if they are inconsistent. "

Louis D. Brandeis

" The great Comrade Kim Jong Il was an outstanding leader who, true to the President's great idea, developed Chongryon into a pacesetter of patriotism, into a model of patriotic loyalty to the motherland, and into a prototype body of overseas compatriots. "

" I know it is very hard to rise above the influences of party prejudice. Often, it almost drowns the sentiment of patriotism. Party rancor and party hatred are the last serpents which the genius of patriotism can crush. "

Joseph P. Bradley

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

" I've been working with Pat Robertson on Africa debt-relief, and we disagree on virtually everything except certain very specific, inalienable rights, and the truth is that morality and patriotism come in all shapes and sizes. "