Michael N. Castle

These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.

American Politician

Mike Ferguson

Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today.

Chaim Potok

Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a 'universal' without patriotism, without home, who has found his people everywhere.

American Author

Christopher McCulloch

I don't think a lot of people are able to relate to genuine patriotism, a genuinely good feeling about our country and its meaning to the rest of the world.

American Writer

George McGovern

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.

Jane Addams

Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.

American Activist

Mark Twain

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

George Bernard Shaw

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

Irish Playwright

Bill Hicks

I hate patriotism... I can't stand it. It's a round world last time I checked.

American Comedian

John Woo

My films are always concerned with family, friendship, honor, and patriotism.

Chinese Director

Patriotism usually conveys a positive feeling towards one's country.

Positive Sentiment

Patriotism is love for your country, not hostility towards others.

Not Aggressive

Patriotism can be expressed through community service, not just military service.

Civic Actions

When patriotism implies superiority, it may offend people from other countries.

Can Be Negative

Be careful that expressions of patriotism don't come across as arrogant.

Avoid Arrogance

Questioning one's own country can still be patriotic if it's for improvement.

Criticism Allowed

 that make that global society work. But I don't think we should underestimate the extent to which massive changes in technology make possible the linking up of people across the world. But people get excited about this idea of global citizenship, but then they get confused a bit again when they start thinking about patriotism, and how to combine these two.

Gordon Brown on global...

 feeling like I think most people in the country did at the time, filled with a sense of patriotism and retribution and the desire to do something -- that, coupled with that fact that I wasn't doing anything. I was 17, just graduated from high school that past summer, living in the back room of my parents' house paying rent,

My journey from Marine...

 discuss as a country as a people and I and through the cycles we confront issues on self compassion such as purpose doubt shame fear an external compassion such as relationships tribalism patriotism and even the environment because I think if we cannot first face ourselves and how do we begin

Exodus, a new design...

 “We are sometimes asked in the name of patriotism to forget the merits of this fearful struggle, and to remember with equal admiration those who struck at the nation’s life, and those who struck to save it— those who fought for slavery and those who fought for liberty and justice.

Debunking the myth of...

 among large numbers of people. Why couldn't you have a world organized in countries, all of which put themselves first? For many centuries, even thousands of years, patriotism worked quite well. Of course, it led to wars an so forth,

Nationalism vs....

 Now that I'm home, I guess I kind of often feel like a stranger in a strange land after being away for so long and so I notice and I photograph the things that maybe outsiders would notice. All the patriotism and the flags

How Animals and Humans...

 So for example, we find that liberals tend to endorse values like equality and fairness and care and protection from harm more than conservatives do. And conservatives tend to endorse values like loyalty, patriotism,

How to have better...

 They are shouting kindness. If American-style democracy is to have a chance, more of us had better put our own cynicism down, summon up our own patriotism and join them. Thank you very much.

A Different Understanding...

 than the threat itself. And if new demagogues appeared in uncertain times to attack unpopular minorities in the name of patriotism, could it all happen again?

What is McCarthyism? And...

 rushed to their draft board to volunteer to fight for our country. That act of patriotism was answered with a slap in the face. We were denied service,