(419 quotes found)
“Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.”
Oscar Wilde
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”
Mark Twain
“Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.”
George Bernard Shaw
“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
“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”
Howard Zinn
“During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable, even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.”
Howard Thurman
“Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -how passionately I hate them!”
Albert Einstein
“Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and dignity, and increases his arrogance and conceit.”
Emma Goldman
“We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.”
Dave Barry
