Patriotism

Definition:
A passion from which springs the love for one's country & willingness to sacrifice for it.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
Thomas Paine

The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.
Thomas Campbell.

Who is here so vile that he will not love his country.
Shakespeare

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
Thomas Jefferson


Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
Oscar Wilde

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
Guy de Maupassant

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
Albert Einstein

Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
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

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.
Barack  Obama

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
Edward Abbey

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
Aristotle