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Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. When you're willing to stand up within the group and say, 'It is wrong for Black people to be anti-Semitic,' or 'It is wrong for America to discriminate against persons of African descent and made them slaves and based its wealth upon free labor,' it's crucial to say that.

Patriotism is the secret resource of a successful society.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

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

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

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.

There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.

Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics.