#patriot

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior. ↗

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Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. ↗

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. When you're willing to stand up within the group and say, 'It is wrong for Black people to be anti-Semitic,' or 'It is wrong for America to discriminate against persons of African descent and made them slaves and based its wealth upon free labor,' it's crucial to say that. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

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But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present. ↗

— Nick Lampson

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The American patriots of today continue the tradition of the long line of patriots before them, by helping to promote liberty and freedom around the world. ↗

— John Linder

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I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws? ↗

— Bill Maher

#better #country #critique #else #flaws

I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

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The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain. ↗

— George McGovern

#acceptance #blind #call #country #deep

I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization. ↗