The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.
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Patriotism is a love of country. If you love your country, you should love your countrymen and women. It doesn't mean you always agree with them or even like them. It is understanding that we have interwoven destiny.
Patriotism is love of country. But you can't love your country without loving your countrymen and countrywomen. We don't always have to agree, but we must empower each other, we must find the common ground, we must build bridges across our differences to pursue the common good.
Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's?
Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.
Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.
Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.
In my eyes, a patriot is little more than an international blackleg.
True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.
Patriotism demands the ability to feel shame as much as to feel pride.
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