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

Kjell Magne Bondevik

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

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" Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families. "

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

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" It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country. "

" If each of us is to feel that he or she is valued, this calls for more than public funding. "

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" Xenophobia is dangerous, but patriotism is a good thing. "

" A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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" Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized. "

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" Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility that if you worked real hard, and you loved something, you could become successful. "

Francis Ford Coppola

" The concept of patriotism is not incompatible with that of humanity; on the contrary, let me state emphatically that he who best serves pacifism serves patriotism best. The nation is and can be no more than the vital basic unit of any international league. "

" Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's? "

" There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people. "

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

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" Don't believe those who claim that only left wing parties really care about employment. "

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" 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. "

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" 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! "

" 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. "

" I'm an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel. "

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" My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th of July celebrations marked by fireworks and patriotic music played from a pavilion bandstand. "

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" I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country. "

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

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