“Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.”
George Jean Nathan
“Wealthy people with means should be required to pay something on debts and not be able to walk away from them.”
Wayne Abernathy
“Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.”
Mark Twain
“He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead.”
Voltaire
“During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable, even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.”
Howard Thurman
“A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“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