“This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their …
“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 …
“Work should be for all of us a word as honorable and appealing as patriotism” – Dwight David Eisenhower
“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 …
“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, patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that “treason” is morally worse than murder or rape.” – William Blum
“Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.” – Adlai E. Stevenson
“A politician will do anything to keep his job – even become a patriot” – William Randolph
“Every good citizen makes his country’s honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his …
“Patriotism is the religion of hell” – James Branch Cabell
“If you can’t get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to …
“Patriotism ruins history.” – Goethe
“The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary government; and the …
“The time is fast approaching when to call a man a patriot will be the deepest insult you can offer him. Patriotism now means advocating …
“Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen” – Ambrose Bierce
“What could I do but go with them , or work for them and my country? The patriot blood of my father was warm in …
“We’ll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.” – Dave Barry
“Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country” – Calvin Coolidge
“Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.” – Samuel Johnson
“Patriotism … is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and …
“The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one’s country deep enough to call her to a higher …
“Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to serve, not support for unjust claims, but frank assessment of …
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” – Mark Twain
“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.” – Edward Abbey
“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.” – Howard Zinn
“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism” – George Washington
“If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.” – …
“Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism – and wars.” – Dale Carnegie
“Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.” – George Bernard Shaw
“Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.” – Oscar Wilde
“Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -how passionately I hate them!” – Albert Einstein
“Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.” – Bertrand Russell
“You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.” – George Bernard Shaw