1. “Patriotism does not oblige us to acquiesce in the destruction of liberty. Patriotism obliges us to question it, at least.” ~ Wendy Kaminer
2. “The love of one’s country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border.” ~ Pablo Casals
3. “True patriots we; for be it understood we left our country for our country’s good.” ~ George Barrington
4. “You’ll never have a quiet world until you knock the patriotism out of the human race.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
5. “If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace.” ~ Hamilton Fish
6. “Blind patriotism has been kept intact by rewriting history to provide people with moral consolation and a psychological basis for denial.” ~ William H. Boyer
7. “A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.” ~ Edward Abbey
8. “Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
9. “To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.” ~ G. Edward Griffin
10. “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.” ~ John F. Kennedy
11. “A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril.” ~ Winston S. Churchill
12. “The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
13. “Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it’s wrong.” ~ Ron Paul
14. “Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.” ~ George Washington
15. “I love my country, not my government.” ~ Jesse Ventura
16. “Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.” ~ Samuel Johnson
17. “Patriotism is a religion, the egg from which wars are hatched.” ~ Guy De Maupassant
18. “Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
19. “A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
20. “The urge to save humanity is almost always a false face for the urge to rule it.” ~ H.L. Mencken
21. “Patriotism is easy to understand in America – it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.” ~ Calvin Coolidge
22. “It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.” ~ Aristotle
23. “Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.” ~ Bertrand Russell
24. “The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.” ~ Julian Barnes
25. “Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.” ~ Oscar Wilde
26. “Patriotism is a menace to liberty.” ~ Emma Goldman
27. “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.” ~ Mark Twain
28. “A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.” ~ George William Curtis
29. “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” ~ John F. Kennedy
30. “A patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.” ~ Adlai E. Stevenson
31. “A good country song taps into strong undercurrents of family, faith and patriotism.” ~ George W. Bush
32. “You’ll never have a quiet world until you knock the patriotism out of the human race.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
33. “One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, One Nation evermore!” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
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