Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion, a sentimentality of flag-cheering with no constructive duties. (Quote by - H.G. Wells)

Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. (Quote by - Calvin Coolidge)

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country. (Quote by - Sinclair Lewis)

Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. (Quote by - Plutarch)

There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism. (Quote by - Robert C. Winthrop)

Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice. (Quote by - Jesse Ventura)

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

And bold and hard adventures t' undertake, Leaving his country for his country's sake. (Quote by - Charles Fitzgeffrey)

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. (Quote by - George Bernard Shaw)

We, that would be known The father of our people, in our study, And vigilance for their safety, must not change Their ploughshares into swords, and force them from The secure shade of their own vines, to be Scorched with the flames of war. (Quote by - Philip Massinger)

Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion. (Quote by - John Dalberg Acton)

The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. (Quote by - Abraham Lincoln)

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. (Quote by - Bertrand Russell)

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. (Quote by - Charles de Gaulle)

And for our country 'tis a bliss to die. (Quote by - Homer)

He serves his party best who serves the country best. (Quote by - Rutherford Birchard Hayes)

Put none but Americans on guard tonight. (Quote by - Jesse Ventura)

Millions for defence, but not one cent for tribute. (Quote by - Silvio Pellico)

My country is the world, and my religion to do good. (Quote by - Thomas Paine)

Twere sweet to sink in death for Truth and Freedom! Yes, who would hesitate, for who could bear The living degradation we may know If we do dread death for a sacred cause? (Quote by - Terence Joseph McSwiney)