Muhammad Ali Jinnah on patriotism

In any case Pakistan is not going to be a theocratic State to be ruled by priests with a divine mission.

Islam and its idealism have taught us democracy. It has taught equality of man, justice and fairplay to everybody.

We are starting with this fundamental principle that we are all citizens and equal citizens of one State.

Ask not what your country can do for you⁠—ask what you can do for your country.

John F. Kennedy1917–1963John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address (1961)

‘My country, right or wrong’ is a thing that no patriot would think of saying, except in a desperate case. It is like saying, ‘My mother, drunk or sober’.

G. K. Chesterton1874–1936The Defendant (1901), “A Defence of Patriotism”

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Oscar Wilde1854–1900