Quotes about patriotism
116 quotes from 83 people
John Stuart Mill1806–1873“The Contest in America,” Fraser’s Magazine (February 1862)
Samuel Adams1722–1803Essay, written under the pseudonym “Candidus,” in The Boston Gazette (14 October 1771), later published in The Life and Public Services of Samuel Adams (1865) by William Vincent Wells, p. 425I have not one drop of blood in my veins but what is American.
John Adams1735–1826To an ambassador (1785), as quoted in The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: Autobiography (1851), by Charles F. Adams, p. 392.
Adlai Stevenson II1900–1965Speech to the American Legion convention, New York City (27 August 1952); as quoted in “Democratic Candidate Adlai Stevenson Defines the Nature of Patriotism” in Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches In History (2004) by William Safire, p. 81—82
Sri Aurobindo1872–1950January, 1921
James Buchanan1791–1868Speech to Congress (8 January 1861).
Daniel Webster1782–1852On the Completion of the Bunker Hill Monument (1843), p. 107Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.
Daniel Webster1782–1852Address on Laying the Cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument (1825), p. 78
Roger Scruton1944–2020England and the Need for Nations (2006)
Arthur Schopenhauer1788–1860Parerga and Paralipomena (1851), “Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life”
Robert Mugabe1924–2019Speech at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg (2 September 2002), quoted in John Battersby and Andrew Grice, “Anti-West anger at summit as Mugabe rounds on Blair”, The Independent, 3 September 2002, p. 1.
Fernando Pessoa1888–1935The Book of Disquiet (as Bernardo Soares; published 1982)Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Britain.
George III1738–1820Speech to Parliament (18 November 1760), quoted in P. D. G. Thomas, George III: King and Politicians, 1760–1770 (2002), p. 33The supreme test of the nation has come. We must all speak, act, and serve together!
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Proclamation to the American People (15 April 1917)Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century.
Arundhati Royborn 1961Come September (29 Sep 2002)