#patriotism

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism. ↗

— Michael Ignatieff

#america #called #could #feeling #intense

They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

#because #dollar #follow #interest #lead

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

— Denis Diderot

#ephemeral #ever #motive #outlasts #particular

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

#against #america #anti-semitic #based #best

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

— Charles de Gaulle

#comes #first #hate #love #nationalism

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

#above #arbitrary #estate #often #principles

I advance in life, I grow more simple, and I become more and more patriotic for humanity. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#human-rights #humanity #patriotism #simplicity #life

I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. ↗

— James Baldwin

#patriotism #protest #love

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#morality #murder #obedience #patriotism #war

This country, the Republic of Indonesia, does not belong to any group, nor to any religion, nor to any ethnic group, nor to any group with customs and traditions, but the property of all of us from Sabang to Merauke! ↗

— Sukarno

#religion