#patriotism

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

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#behavior #civilized #consider #contradicts #desirable

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

There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a way of life, and nationalism, which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#believe #between #deserves #distinction #fuzzy

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

#bravery #day #embodied #how #i

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

True patriotism is not worship of our nation but rather, in the light of our worship of the God of justice, to conform our nation's ways of justice. ↗

— Robert McAfee Brown

#inspirational #patriotism #inspirational

The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#patriotism #crime

Occasionally the tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#revolution #slogan #liberty

...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to comrades and to his superiors, and a self confidence born of demonstrated ability. ↗

— George S. Patton Jr.

#army #country #marines #military #navy