During President George W. Bush's two terms, you couldn't drive far without seeing a particular bumper sticker: 'Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.
Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong.
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
I'm a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
For me, the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that's what separates us from other countries.
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.
The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable... those aspects are too fundamental to ignore or gloss over.