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Quotes About Patriotism

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.
Gary Speed
I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.
Eugene V. Debs
I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.
John F. Kennedy
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.
Edith Cavell
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.
John F. Kerry
If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit.
Bill Kristol
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
Ronald Reagan
If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.
Ronald Reagan
If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction.
Jennifer Granholm
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.
George Galloway
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