The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.
I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief.
Patriotism is the secret resource of a successful society.
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.
The history of American patriotism is figuring out ways that we can work together to move forward and knit together the common government.
My father valued patriotism above all other social obligations, but he had his own particular interpretation of just how true patriotism was meant to function.
There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a way of life, and nationalism, which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life.
Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics.
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.
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