“I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.”
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“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?”
“My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't.”
“Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.”
“The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it?”
“Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.”
“In every society in human history, including the United States, those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotism as a way of getting greater support for their policy and insulating themselves from any criticism.”
“Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose ethnic composition is taken for granted.”
“There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.”
“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.”
“Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized.”
“The values, the programs, the formula, the determination, and the patriotism responsible for America's past success are still here to be tapped.”
“There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism.”
“It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they're not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans.”
“I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.”
“America beats on you so hard the whole time. You are constantly being pummeled by other people's rights and their sense of patriotism.”
“The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise.”
“In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia.”
“But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore.”
“One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism.”
“True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.”