Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark TwainI think I’m one of the most patriotic people that I’ve ever encountered in America. I consider myself a bedrock patriot. I participate very actively in local politics, because my voice might be worthwhile. I participate in a meaningful way – not by donations; I work at it.
Hunter S. ThompsonThey wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.
Ernest HemingwayFrance has more need of me than I have need of France.
Napoleon BonaparteWe are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don’t forget it.
Joe BidenWhen trouble breaks out, our men and women in uniform, they don’t just sit around thinking about it or talking about it – they act. They put on that uniform. They leave their loved ones behind. They go out there. They give orders. They follow orders. They do whatever it takes to keep our country safe.
Michelle ObamaPatriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
George Bernard ShawThere is no room for military people, including our veterans, to see themselves as victims, even if so many of our countrymen are prone to relish that role.
Jim MattisThere is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.
Arthur C. ClarkeThere are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.
Alexander HamiltonAmericans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we’ve always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us.
Stephen KingI have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem – and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?
Dwight D. EisenhowerStanding as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.
Abraham LincolnPatriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.
Arthur SchopenhauerMy mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years.
Nipsey HussleWe, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what’s in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.
Barack ObamaIf you don’t know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.
Robert FrostAmericans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.
Richard M. NixonIt is with your aid, as the people, that I think we shall be able to preserve – not the country, for the country will preserve itself, but the institutions of the country – those institutions which have made us free, intelligent and happy – the most free, the most intelligent, and the happiest people on the globe.
Abraham LincolnIn America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
Oscar WildeThe man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.
Theodore RooseveltIf we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
Ronald ReaganEach nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism – and wars.
Dale CarnegieGiven a fair shot, given a fair chance, Americans have never, ever, ever, ever let their country down. Never. Never. Ordinary people like us. Who do extraordinary things.
Joe BidenFor the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.
Michelle ObamaI cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else – I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.
Queen Elizabeth IIGuard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
George WashingtonFighting corruption is not just good governance. It’s self-defense. It’s patriotism.
Joe BidenTonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation – not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.
Barack ObamaA man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.
Theodore RooseveltI’d read up on the history of our country and I’d become fascinated with the story of the Alamo. To me it represented the fight for freedom, not just in America, but in all countries.
John WayneA man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over… is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land.
James BaldwinWho serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
VoltaireTo Marines, love of liberty is not an empty phrase… Rather, it’s displayed by blood, sweat, and tears for the fallen.
Jim Mattis‚My country, right or wrong‘ is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying ‚My mother, drunk or sober.‘
Gilbert K. ChestertonYou’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
George Bernard ShawI see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That’s what I see. That’s the America I know!
Barack ObamaThe resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.
George W. BushThis generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
Franklin D. RooseveltThe cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.
John F. KennedyYou can always count on Americans to do the right thing – after they’ve tried everything else.
Winston ChurchillAmericans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.
George S. PattonAt what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
Abraham LincolnOne of the great attractions of patriotism – it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what’s more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.
Aldous HuxleyI’m really trying to dredge up what one might call intellectual and moral material. For example, when do you realize that you are an American? What age does that happen to you? When do you realize what religion your parents practice? When does it all become conscious? I was interested in exploring all of that.
Paul AusterIf we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.
Ronald ReaganOne thing I just want to say to the military families – while you might not wear a uniform, I know – we all know, the nation knows – that you serve and sacrifice right alongside of your loved ones. And we are so grateful and proud of all of you for your service to this nation.
Michelle ObamaIf ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly and lone and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.
Abraham LincolnSo long as I’m Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you’ve served us – because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care that they need when they come home.
Barack ObamaI can assure you that my first and foremost interest is my country.
Fidel CastroJust like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I’m going to Viet Nam’s aid!
Lyndon B. JohnsonI love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
James BaldwinThe American people abhor a vacuum.
Theodore RooseveltAre you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.
Khalil GibranNone of us has any personal interest above the interests of the country. Our country is more important than our careers.
Fidel CastroI was brought up differently than the average American child because the average child is brought up expecting to be happy.
Marilyn MonroeI’m a nationalist. I’m a patriot. Nothing is wrong. I’m a born Hindu. Nothing is wrong. So, I’m a Hindu nationalist, so yes, you can say I’m a Hindu nationalist because I am a born Hindu, I’m patriotic, so nothing is wrong in it.
Narendra ModiThe same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.
Alexander PopeWe are a nation founded as a rebuke to tyranny. A nation of revolutionaries who refused sovereign reign from afar. Hear me – we’re a nation that says give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. A nation built on our differences, guided by the belief that we’re all created equal.
Michelle Obama