Danh ngôn thuộc danh mục: patriotism

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.

Patriots don't let their nation default.

I don't like the showy nationalism - a tattoo, wrapping yourself in a flag - that doesn't matter to me. The way to show your patriotism and commitment is to go and support or play for your team.

For me, tribalism and religion are basically the big reasons we're in trouble. Patriotism, tribalism, and religion.

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.

I've been working with Pat Robertson on Africa debt-relief, and we disagree on virtually everything except certain very specific, inalienable rights, and the truth is that morality and patriotism come in all shapes and sizes.

I'm an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel.

There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people.

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

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.

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 plain.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

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.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'

I ask the educational system, the parents, the church, and pillars of the community to help shape a new culture of honesty, patriotism, respect, discipline and service for young Filipinos.

The patriotism in Britain comes from us being a leader. On jobs, on tax havens, on workers' rights, on the environment. We can be leading Europe... and it will be to the benefit of every British citizen.

Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

When I was a kid, back in the '40s, I was a voracious comic book reader. And at that time, there was a lot of patriotism in the comics. They were called things like 'All-American Comics' or 'Star-Spangled Comics' or things like that. I decided to do a logo that was a parody of those comics, with 'American' as the first word.

They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead.

Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.

If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land.

However British you may be, I am more British still.

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique.

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. When you're willing to stand up within the group and say, 'It is wrong for Black people to be anti-Semitic,' or 'It is wrong for America to discriminate against persons of African descent and made them slaves and based its wealth upon free labor,' it's crucial to say that.

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.

The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise.

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

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.

But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore.

Patriotism is the religion of hell.

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

A nation is the same people living in the same place.

Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis might be being put on nationality and on the other hand patriotism, that sort of thing.

Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.

If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction.

Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice.

I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief.

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide... but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.

My position is that it isn't government's job to mandate patriotism. To me, mandating a pledge of allegiance to a government is something Saddam Hussein would do.

Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.

Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous.