To strike freedom of the mind with the fist of patriotism is an old and ugly subtlety.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Who saves his country violates no law.

Nationalism cannot flower if it does not grow in the garden of internationalism.

Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land!

... if you love your country why is it necessary to hate other countries?

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

He who loves not his home and country which he has seen, how shall he love humanity in general which he has not seen?

A person does not belong to a place until there is someone dead under the ground.

When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart.

What a pity is it That we can die but once to save our country!

Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

All around, vastly and untidily, stretched the country for which he grieved. He was to give his life for it. But would that great country ... take the slightest heed of his death? He did not know; and it did not matter. His was a battlefield without glory, a battlefield where none could display the deeds of valor; it was the front line of the spirit.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it.

Sovereignty and the right to rule cannot be conferred on anyone no matter who ... as a result of an academic discussion. Sovereignty is acquired by force and power and violence.

There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only hundred per cent Americanism.