#patriotism

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service. ↗

— John F. Kerry

#both #courage #i #includes #just

Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism. ↗

— Bill Kristol

#barbarism #civilization #defense #indispensable #patriotism

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#kill #killed #reasons #trivial #willingness

The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one. ↗

— William Shenstone

#bear #country #foreign #increasing #love

Look, I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism. ↗

— Ted Cruz

#conservative #faith #family #fundamentally #hispanic

Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.... ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#identity #nation #nationalism #politics #political

The young man looked down from the cart at the people in front of him. Jonah felt his teacher’s eyes meet his own, and for a fraction of a second a smile played on the prisoner’s lips. Then he glanced toward heaven and spoke. “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. ↗

— Anna Myers

#heroes #history #nathan-hale #patriotism #revolutionary-war

It's such a shame that we know so little about our own country, that we can't find it in our hearts to love our own kind. Instead we admire those who show our country disrespect and betray its people. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#patriotism #superiority #love

I'd like to see a flag made not out of stars and stripes, but rather fingers and knuckles, so that it could really wave in the wind. It would be the most welcoming flag in all the world. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#fingers #flag #global #globalism #patriotic

And Egypt ? What is Egypt strenght?her resilience ?her ability to absorb poeple and events into the pores of her being? is that true or is it just a consolation ? a shifting of responsibility? and if it is true , how much can she absorb and still remain Egypt ? ↗

— Ahdaf Soueif

#patriotism #love