The history of American patriotism is figuring out ways that we can work together to move forward and knit together the common government.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Patriotism is the secret resource of a successful society.
Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise.
There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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.
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 an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary... is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds.
Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them.
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