“Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.”
George Bernard Shaw
“I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.”
“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.”
Mark Twain
“Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.”
“The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?”
Pablo Casals
“Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.”
Charles de Gaulle
“The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain”
George McGovern
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