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‘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”
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech in the House of Commons, after taking office as Prime Minister (13 May 1940)
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech in the House of Commons (4 June 1940)
- Courage
- War & Peace
One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland — and no other.
ECEmil Cioran1911–1995Anathemas and Admirations (1987)
- Talking
It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.
Arthur C. Clarke1917–2008The Exploration of Space (1951), p. 187
I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.
Henry Clay1777–1852Speech in the US Senate (14 February 1850), replying to Senator Henry S. Foote
- America
Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
Clarence Darrow1857–1938
- Justice
I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth; I am a citizen of the world.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926“When I Shall Fight,” Appeal to Reason (11 September 1915)
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
Denis Diderot1713–1784Observations on the Drawing Up of Laws (1774)
I am neither Whig nor Tory. My politics are described by one word, and that word is ENGLAND.
Benjamin Disraeli1804–1881England and France; Or, A Cure for the Ministerial Gallomania (1832), p. 13
- Politics
But could not our situation be compared to one of a menacing epidemic? People are unable to view this situation in its true light, for their eyes are blinded by passion. General fear and anxiety create hatred and aggressiveness. The adaptation to warlike aims and activities has corrupted the mentality of man; as a result, intelligent, objective and humane thinking has hardly any effect and is even suspected and persecuted as unpatriotic.
Albert Einstein1879–1955The Menace of Mass Destruction
- War & Peace
Heroism at command, senseless brutality, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be part of so base an action!
Albert Einstein1879–1955
- War & Peace
May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
Dwight D. Eisenhower1890–1969Address at the Columbia University National Bicentennial Dinner, New York City. (31 May 1954)
- Freedom
When a whole nation is roaring patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882December 10, 1824