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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism.
Patriotism has served, at different times, as widely different ends as a razor, which ought to be used in keeping your face clean and yet may be used to cut your own throat or that of an innocent person.
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
As an immigrant, I appreciate, far more than the average American, the liberties we have in this country. Silence is a big enemy of morality. I don't want our blunders in history to get repeated.
Patriotism is the secret resource of a successful society.
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
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.'