“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” – Mark Twain
“Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” – John F. Kennedy
“A love for tradition has never weakened a nation; indeed, it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril.” – Winston Churchill
“In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.” – Barack Obama
“True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.” – Clarence Darrow
“The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.” – Julian Barnes
“Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.” – James Bryce
“To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag.” – Pauline Hanson
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” – Elmer Davis
“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.” – Mark Twain
“The true patriot does not only fight for what is right but strives to create a world where no fight is necessary.” – Unknown
“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” – Samuel Johnson
“America without her soldiers would be like God without His angels.” – Claudia Pemberton
“True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom, and equality, and the value of justice.” – John McCain
“Patriotism demands the ability to feel shame as much as it requires pride.” – Anne-Marie Slaughter
“Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.” – John Adams
“The essence of patriotism is the willingness to sacrifice for your fellow countrymen.” – Unknown
“A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.” – George William Curtis
“Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.” – Adlai Stevenson II
“True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Patriotism is the passion of fools and the most foolish of passions.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” – Nathan Hale
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” – Ronald Reagan
“Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.” – Calvin Coolidge
“It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.” – Aristotle
“He loves his country best who strives to make it best.” – Robert G. Ingersoll
“Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.” – Oscar Wilde
“A true patriot is not afraid to question the actions of their government to ensure justice and equity for all.” – Unknown
“Where liberty dwells, there is my country.” – Benjamin Franklin
“My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.” – Thomas Paine
“Patriotism requires devotion to the ideals of justice, equality, and freedom for all.” – Unknown
“I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.” – Socrates
“No man has a right to fix the boundary of the march of a nation.” – Charles Stewart Parnell
“Patriotism is not loving your country for what it is, but for what it could and should be.” – Unknown
“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.” – Howard Zinn
“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.” – George Washington
“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.” – William Faulkner
“The nation is not an abstract concept; it is the sum total of its people.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
“The love of one’s country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?” – Pablo Casals
“Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right.” – Carl Schurz
“There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country.” – Nick Lampson
“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.” – Edward Abbey
“Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.” – George Orwell
“True patriotism is not about taking sides but about taking responsibility.” – Unknown
“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.” – Nelson Mandela
“Our country’s greatness is not measured by the greatness of its wealth, but by the wealth of its goodness.” – Unknown
“Patriotism is a thing of the heart. A man is a patriot if his heart beats true to his country.” – Charles E. Jefferson
“Love for one’s country is an act of faith, not a blind endorsement of every action.” – Unknown
“If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag.” – Unknown
“True patriotism isn’t cheap. It’s about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.” – Robert Reich