Quotes about patriotism
116 quotes from 83 people
Oscar Wilde1854–1900Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
Charles de Gaulle1890–1970Mémoires de guerre (1954, 1956, 1959)
Margaret Thatcher1925–2013Interviewed by Michael Cockerell for BBC TV’s Campaign ‘79 (27 April 1979).- Charles de Gaulle1890–1970Mémoires de guerre (1954, 1956, 1959)
William Ralph Inge1860–1954“Our Present Discontents” (August 1919) in Outspoken Essays (1919), p. 2May 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)One flag, one land, one heart, one hand,
One Nation evermore!
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.1809–1894“Voyage of the Good Ship Union”, in The Atlantic Monthly (March 1862) pp. 398-400You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950O’Flaherty V.C. (1919)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)Let such, such only tread this sacred floor,
Who dare to love their country and be poor.
Alexander Pope1688–1744Inscription on the entrance to his grotto in Twickenham, published in “Verses on a Grotto by the River Thames at Twickenham, composed of Marbles, Spars and Minerals”, line 14, (written 1740, published 1741)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- ECEmil Cioran1911–1995Anathemas and Admirations (1987)
George Orwell1903–1950Letter to The Tribune (20 December 1940), later published in A Patriot After All, 1940-1941 (1999)- George Bernard Shaw1856–1950In The World (15 November 1893)
Arthur Schopenhauer1788–1860Counsels and Maxims, Vol. 2, Ch. 21, § 255