Quotes about patriotism
116 quotes from 83 people
William Pitt the Younger1759–1806Speech at the Guildhall, City of London (9 November 1805), quoted in The War Speeches of William Pitt (1915), p. 351Let 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)- PPPol Pot1925–1998Nate Thayer interview (1997)
Mitt Romneyborn 1947Senate remarks on the Trump impeachment trial (2020)
Franklin D. Roosevelt1882–1945Third inaugural address (1941)We are all Americans. Our common interests are as broad as the continent.
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)Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970Has Man a Future? (1962), p. 78
Arthur Schopenhauer1788–1860Counsels and Maxims, Vol. 2, Ch. 21, § 255- Arthur Schopenhauer1788–1860Parerga and Paralipomena (1851), “Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life”
Roger Scruton1944–2020England and the Need for Nations (2006)
