« You’re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it. » – Malcolm X

« Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it. » – Mark Twain

« If patriotism is « the last refuge of a scoundrel, » it is not merely because evil deeds may be performed in the name of patriotism, but because patriotic fervor can obliterate moral distinctions altogether » – Ralph B. Perry

« Work should be for all of us a word as honorable and appealing as patriotism » – Dwight David Eisenhower

« Patriotism is proud of a country’s virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country’s virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries. It wants to be, and ...

« Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. » – James Bryce

« Patriotism is just loyalty to friends, people, families. » – Robert Santos

« Priests are no more necessary to religion than politicians to patriotism » – John Haynes Holmes

« No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. » – Barbara Ehrenreich

« 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