(344 quotes found)
“Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.”
Oscar Wilde
“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
“Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.”
George Bernard Shaw
“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
“Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -how passionately I hate them!”
Albert Einstein
“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”
Howard Zinn
“Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.”
“During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable, even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.”
Howard Thurman
“Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy”