Quotes about Patriotism and Nationalism

Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin.

I hate pride, but if I were going to be proud of anything it would have to be something I'd done myself. Race pride is kind of stupid.

My definition of patriotism is to defend your country with the truth, no matter the consequences.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

People who enjoy waving flags don't deserve to have one

Definition: Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws?

A great country acknowledges it's mistakes.

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.

Sovereignism is an exaggeration that always ends badly: It leads to war.

The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

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

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.

We remember the Americans who put country above self, and set personal grievances aside for the greater good. We remember the Americans who held this country together during its most difficult hours; who put aside pride and party to form a more perfect union.

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

The day we stop believing democracy can work is the day we lose it.

Democracy isn't just there. We have to work for it together - every day.

It's every citizen's duty to challenge their leaders, to keep them honest, and hold them accountable if they're not.

The right to work is a slogan which should be accepted by every democracy.

Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.

Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.

Democracy is too important to leave up to the votes of the people.

Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.

Think about this: terrorism, epidemics, poverty, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction-all challenges that know no borders-the reality is that climate change ranks right up there with every single one of them.

There must be a world revolution which puts an end to all materialistic conditions hindering woman from performing her natural role in life and driving her to carry out man's duties in order to be equal in rights.

Even a true artist does not always produce art.

Never let pride be your guiding principle! Let your accomplishments speak for you.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

I mean, they say dou die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.

Love is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope.

Everyone gets scared, kid. Without fear, you can't have courage.

Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Can we go back to using Facebook for what it was originally for - looking up exes to see how fat they got?

Democracy is based upon empathy and the recognition that some decisions are solely for the community's benefit without regard to one's own narrow self-interest.

The only time that we are allowed to look down upon others: when we are offering to help them up.

This is a serious warning cry: Surrender without reservation to the Lord who has called us. This is required of us so that the face of the earth may be renewed.

A kiss is something you need both hands for.

Thor: "Do you see yourself above them?"
Loki: "Oh yes."
Thor: "Then you miss the truth of ruling, brother."

I'm going to put on my gravestone, 'He never owned a cell phone.'

The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.

Free nations of the world cannot allow Taiwan, a beacon of democracy, to be subdued by an authoritarian China.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.