Quotes about Patriotism
You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.
— Malcolm X
Study men laying down their lives without hurting anyone else in the cause of their country's freedom.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Enflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue; stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God, and famous to all ages.
— John Milton
I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.
— Pope John Paul II
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
— Ronald Reagan
There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.
— Alexander Hamilton
There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution
— Frederick Douglass
Dictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism.
— Aldous Huxley
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
— George Washington
A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Patriotism is no substitute for a sound currency.
— Grover Cleveland
I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
— Andrew Carnegie