“Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen”
Ambrose Bierce
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”
Mark Twain
“Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.”
Oscar Wilde
“Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.”
“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.”
Edward Abbey
“Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”
Howard Zinn