It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.
Alfred Adler

It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.
Ho Chi Minh

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
John F. Kennedy

Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill.
Richard Aldington

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
Albert Einstein

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
Barbara Ehrenreich

On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag!
Alexander Henry

Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
Mark Twain

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.
James Bryce

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
Guy de Maupassant

Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.
Mick Jagger

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
Calvin Coolidge

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
Adlai E. Stevenson

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
George Jean Nathan

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
Oscar Wilde

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Bertrand Russell

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

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
George Bernard Shaw

The average American is nothing if not patriotic.
Herbert Croly