Spreuken over Patriotism
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Letter - 40 Spreuken
137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy.
DetailA 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.
DetailA nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.
DetailA real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
DetailCan anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?
DetailDissent is the highest form of patriotism.
DetailEach nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.
DetailGentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.
DetailGuard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
DetailHeroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!
DetailI am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
DetailI distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism.
DetailI have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.
DetailI have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.
DetailI love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
DetailI only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
DetailI realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.
DetailI'm an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel.
DetailIt is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
DetailIt is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.
DetailIt is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.
DetailIt was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.
DetailMy fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
DetailNationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill.
DetailNationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
DetailNo matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
DetailOn what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag!
DetailPatriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
DetailPatriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.
DetailPatriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
DetailPatriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.
DetailPatriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
DetailPatriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
DetailPatriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
DetailPatriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
DetailPatriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
DetailPatriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
DetailPatriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
DetailPatriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
DetailThe average American is nothing if not patriotic.
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