#patriot

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#about #ancestry #common #delusion #hatred

The New England Patriots have always been a special organization and I've always watched from afar. ↗

— Randy Moss

#always #been #england #i #new

I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience. ↗

— Shelley Winters

#american #artistic #body #damaging #disgusting

Since we enacted the PATRIOT Act almost three years ago, there has been tremendous public debate about its breadth and implications on due process and privacy. ↗

— Howard Berman

#act #ago #almost #been #breadth

But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore. ↗

— Jack Bowman

#beyond #die #goes #i #patriotism

The PATRIOT Act brought down the wall separating intelligence agencies from law enforcement and other entities charged with protecting the Nation from terrorism. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#agencies #brought #charged #down #enforcement

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#ephemeral #ever #motive #outlasts #particular

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool. ↗

— John Dryden

#never #patriot #yet

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#come #patriotism #some #surpass #tribal

The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in the name of a wise, honourable and democratic patriotism. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#been #bush #democratic #fought #honourable