Good Patriotic Quotes - Page 2

• A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

  Edward Abbey

  Inspirational, Country, Freedom

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.17, RosettaBooks

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• Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.

  George S. Patton

  Military, War, 4th Of July

  "Cavalry Journal", September 1933.

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• Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.

  Dale Carnegie

  War, Patriotism, Literature

  Dale Carnegie (2012). “The Leader In You”, p.83, Simon and Schuster

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• Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea.

  John Gunther

  Country, 4th Of July, Patriotic

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• The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.

  Thomas Campbell

  Uplifting, Memorial Day, Freedom

  Thomas Campbell, J. Logie Robertson (1884). “The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell”, p.215, Ardent Media

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• When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!

  David Starr Jordan

  Funny, Dog, Religious

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• To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

  George Santayana

  Patriotic, Soul, Patriotism

  George Santayana, William G. Holzberger (2002). “The Letters of George Santayana”, p.192, MIT Press

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• In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Dog, Peace, War

  Ernest Hemingway (2008). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, Ecco

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• One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.

  Aldous Huxley

  Cheating, Patriotic, Bully

  Aldous Huxley (1955). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley”

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• It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.

  Aristotle

  Motivation, Character, Patriotic

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• My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Dream, Hope, Time

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• We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us.

  Francis John McConnell

  Peace, War, Patriotism

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• If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms never never never!

  William Pitt

  Country, Military, Revolution

  Francis Thackeray, William Pitt (1827). “A history of the Right Honorable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: containing his speeches in Parliament : a considerable portion of his correspondence, when Secretary of State, upon French, Spanish, and American affairs, never before published with an account of the principal events and persons of his time, connected with his life, sentiments and administrations ; (Mit dem Bildnisse Pitts)”, p.327

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• Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Dirty, Patriotic, Naughty

  "Counsels and Maxims". Book by Arthur Schopenhauer, Vol. 2, Ch. 21, § 255, 2007.

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

  Charles de Gaulle

  Integrity, Hate, Patriotic

  Life Magazine, May 9, 1969.

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

  Malcolm X

  Inspirational, Peace, Patriotic

  Malcolm X (1990). “Malcolm X on Afro-American History”, Pathfinder Press

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• We shall pay any price, bear any burden, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

  John F. Kennedy

  Success, Memorial Day, Freedom

  Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961

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• They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Death, Country, Sweet

  Ernest Hemingway (2014). “By-Line Ernest Hemingway: Selected Articles and Dispatches of Four Decades”, p.189, Simon and Schuster

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• It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.

  Alfred Adler

  Country, Lying, Patriotic

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

  George Jean Nathan

  Real, Patriotic, Political

  Testament of a Critic bk. 1 (1931)

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• Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

  George Orwell

  Class, Hatred, Patriotism

  George Orwell (2009). “Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays”, p.120, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

  Voltaire

  Patriotism, Enemy, Mankind

  Voltaire (2016). “Voltaire – The Philosophical Works: Treatise On Tolerance, Philosophical Dictionary, Candide, Letters on England, Plato’s Dream, Dialogues, The Study of Nature, Ancient Faith and Fable, Zadig…: From the French writer, historian and philosopher, famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion and freedom of expression”, p.643, e-artnow

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• A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.

  Bill Vaughan

  Real, 4th Of July, Patriotic

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• Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.

  Mark Twain

  Sarcastic, Sarcasm, Knowing

  Mark Twain, Louis J. Budd (1992). “Collected tales, sketches, speeches, & essays: 1891-1910”

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• Safety is the last refuge of the scoundrel!

  Michael Crichton

  Safety, Patriotism, Lasts

  Michael Crichton (2000). “Timeline”

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