Quotes about patriotism
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You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950O’Flaherty V.C. (1919)- George Bernard Shaw1856–1950In The World (15 November 1893)
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Socrates470–399 BCPlutarch
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. 79—80- 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
We shall have to learn again to be one nation, or one day we shall be no nation.
Margaret Thatcher1925–2013Conservative Party television broadcast “Winter of Discontent” (17 January 1979)- Margaret Thatcher1925–2013Interviewed by Michael Cockerell for BBC TV’s Campaign ‘79 (27 April 1979).
Mark Twain1835–1910Mark Twain’s Notebook (1935), p. 413
Voltaire1694–1778“Fatherland” (1764)
George Washington1732–1799Letter to John Banister, Valley Forge (21 April 1778)I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American!
Daniel Webster1782–1852Speech (July 17, 1850); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), p. 437- Daniel Webster1782–1852On the Completion of the Bunker Hill Monument (1843), p. 107
