There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.
I think Americans are very patriotic.
It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.
Given the knee-jerk patriotism of recent war movies, it's discouraging to see 'Windtalkers' evade pertinent facts that could have recast the doubled-edged issues of racism and loyalty and made them relevant to contemporary times.
True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.
The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise.
Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.
There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.
Patriotism has served, at different times, as widely different ends as a razor, which ought to be used in keeping your face clean and yet may be used to cut your own throat or that of an innocent person.
But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.
Protection and patriotism are reciprocal. This is the way which has led nations to greatness.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.
I know it is very hard to rise above the influences of party prejudice. Often, it almost drowns the sentiment of patriotism. Party rancor and party hatred are the last serpents which the genius of patriotism can crush.
Remember the Dreamers whose patriotism was praised when the Democratic House passed, and the Senate filibustered - the DREAM Act in 2010? Washington promised a path to citizenship, not just a roadblock to deportation.
Our nuclear scientists and engineers have done a splendid job, and naturally, the entire nation has risen to salute their professional excellence, discipline, and patriotism. They have had the benefit of having been led in the past by great men like Homi Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai.
