Patriotism Quotes

Patriotism is not obedience to government. Patriotism is obedience to the principals for which government is supposed to stand.

Howard Zinn

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Adlai Stevenson

It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they're not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans.

E. J. Hobsbawm

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

Patriotism having become one of our topicks, Johnson suddenly uttered, in a strong determined tone, an apophthegm, at which many will start Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. But let it be considered that he did not mean a real and generous love of our country, but that pretended patriotism which so many, in all ages and countries, have made a cloak of self interest.

Samuel Johnson

Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.

Ronald Reagan

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

Sinclair Lewis