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.

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.