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. – Robert Jackson
It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win the final battle. – Prescott Bush
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! – Robert Walpole
It’s my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can. – R. Lee Ermey
I don’t think anyone has qualms in saying victory to the people of India. But when a political party appropriates such a slogan and says this is the definition of patriotism, those who say it are patriotic and those who don’t are not patriotic, then I reject that definition. – Palaniappan Chidambaram
It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot. – Robert Walpole
If military movies were automatically successful we’d make nothing but military movies. But seriously, patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common. – Tommy Lee Jones
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! – William Pitt
Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don’t. – Todd Gitlin
The history of American patriotism is figuring out ways that we can work together to move forward and knit together the common government. – Taylor Branch
Saving petrol is saving India’s money. This is a sense of patriotism. The country can be energy-independent by energy conservation. I appeal to the other ministers also to do this. – Veerappa Moily
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
Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country. – Sinclair Lewis
But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism. – Thomas E. Mann
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. – Thomas Jefferson
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? – Wallace Shawn
From my father’s point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for those who are given no real voice in the halls of justice or the halls of government. – Thomas Steinbeck
I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside. – Winston Churchill
The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth. – Stonewall Jackson
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. – Voltaire
America’s state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that ‘treason’ is morally worse than murder or rape. – William Blum
There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a way of life, and nationalism, which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life. – Todd Gitlin