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" When Pearl Harbor was bombed, young Japanese-Americans, like all young Americans, rushed to their draft board to volunteer to fight for our country. That act of patriotism was answered with a slap in the face. We were denied service and categorized as enemy non-alien. "

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" 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

Patriotism

Know

Rise Above

" If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms never never never! "

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

Dominique de Villepin

Foundation

Patriotism

Vision

" Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. "

" And it seems to me important for a country, for a nation to certainly know about its glorious achievements but also to know where its ideals failed, in order to keep that from happening again. "

George Takei

Country

Important

" 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. "

" It's almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you. "

" I was pursuing my acting career, but I was silent on the LGBT issue, the issue that was closest to me. I knew if I came out then, I'd have had to change careers. "

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

" Given the knee-jerk patriotism of recent war movies, it's discouraging to see 'Windtalkers' evade pertinent facts that could have recast the doubled-edged issues of racism and loyalty and made them relevant to contemporary times. "

" I am unable to watch the Olympics due to the blustering jingoism that drenches the event. Has England ever been quite so foul with patriotism? The 'dazzling royals' have, quite naturally, hi-jacked the Olympics for their own empirical needs, and no oppositional voice is allowed in the free press. "

Morrissey

" For what were all these country patriots born? To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn? "

" I don't consider it jumping ship. The 'Star Trek' philosophy is to embrace the diversity of the universe, and 'Star Wars' is part of that diversity. I also think 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars' are related beyond both having the word 'Star.' "

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

" I marched back then - I was in a civil-rights musical, Fly Blackbird, and we met Martin Luther King. "

" I'm an actor. I love acting and being able to use my love, my passion, to also contribute to making this a better society, a better democracy, and a better country. "

" Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics. "

" 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. "

" 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

" I'm proud of my relationship with 'Star Trek'! 'Star Trek' is a show that I am philosophically compatible with. "

" People want to start their day off with a smile or, better yet, a guffaw. "

" When I was a teenager, the biggest heartthrob was Tab Hunter. He was in every movie out of Warner Bros. until he was exposed as gay, and his career faded. That was an object lesson. I knew I must protect my sexual orientation. "

George Takei

Gay

Lesson

" We have to remember that Putin was a member of the KGB. He has already demonstrated that kind of macho, dictatorial attitude. Russia has breached their pledge to uphold the Olympic charter. This is a great opportunity for the IOC to say we cannot, given the situation that exists currently, allow the Olympics to take place in Russia. "

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

" This political climate today reminds me of what my father must have gone through in 1942, when the winds of war and fires of hate were surrounding him. We have a candidate for the presidency of the United States, Donald Trump, using the same rhetoric that my father must have heard from elected officials. "

George Takei

War

Father

" Yes, I remember the barbed wire and the guard towers and the machine guns, but they became part of my normal landscape. What would be abnormal in normal times became my normality in camp. "

" I am a loyal American, and I love my country. "

" The sight of nature fascinates, the family tie has a sweet enchantment and patriotism gives the religious spirit a fiery devotion to the powers that it reveres. "

" Patriotism demands the ability to feel shame as much as to feel pride. "

" I'd like to think that, when I explain it, that Mr. Trump will understand marriage is defined by two people who love each other, commit to each other, and will care for each other through thick and thin. "