#otis

We are a big country, with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time... to ask for an effort in the battle against debt. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#against #ask #battle #big #big country

Apology is only egotism wrong side out. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#egotism #only #out #side #wrong

In 'The King's Speech,' patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the fight is clear, it hasn't become complicated over time. ↗

— Tom Hooper

#become #clear #complicated #contained #fight

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher. ↗

— Rogers Hornsby

#egotistical #every #every time #feel #hands

Despotism is a long crime. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#despotism #long

The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny. ↗

— David Hume

#beaten #heights #popularity #power #road

One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#able #attractions #bully #cheat #feeling

Remember those black-and-white films with Frank Sinatra? Those guys looked like men and they were only 27! Listen to Otis Redding singing 'Try A Little Tenderness'. That was a man who understood what a man has to know in the world. Show me a real man now! Where are they? ↗

— Chrissie Hynde

#black-and-white #films #frank #frank sinatra #guys

I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community. ↗

— Chrissie Hynde

#i #i do #patriotism #sense

Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose ethnic composition is taken for granted. ↗

— Michael Ignatieff

#composition #country #ethnic #feeling #granted