“Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.”
George Bernard Shaw
“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.”
Victor Hugo
““Bless those who have given so much, losing a loved one in the service of our great country. We need to also add them and their families to our daily prayers.” ~Tom Baker”
Tom Baker aka The Pondering Man
“Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.”
Mark Twain
“Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.”
Charles de Gaulle
“Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak. And it is a solemn and weighty responsibility, and not lightly to be flung aside at the bullying of pulpit, press, government, or the empty catchphrases of politicians. Each must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, and which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your convictions is to be an unqualified and inexcusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let man label you as they may. If you alone of all the nation shall decide one way, and that way be the right way according to your convictions of the right, you have done your duty by yourself and by your country- hold up your head! You have nothing to be ashamed of.”
“The love for the motherland isn't but a desperate futile try to relive, and revive, fading childhood memories.”
Yuval K.
