Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero.
From my father's point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for those who are given no real voice in the halls of justice or the halls of government.
I'm a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
I'm an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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.
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
The very idea of true patriotism is lost, and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes. A patriot, sir! Why, patriots spring up like mushrooms!