The Government is making a fool of itself by attributing all terrorism and acts against the government only to one single patriot
Carlos MarighellaTags: politics revolution terrorism patriot
Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost.
Robert A. HeinleinTags: liberty patriotism rights constitution patriot unalienable-rights
I love my country, not my government.
Jesse VenturaTags: liberty freedom nationalism patriotism patriotic government totalitarianism police-state constitution ron-paul bill-of-rights despotism libertarianism allegiance patriot jesse-ventura martial-law
Someday, I hope that we will all be patriots of our planet and not just of our respective nations.
Zoe WeilTags: education world vegan earth nation unite patriot humane mogo
Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes to reduce pain, and sometimes to postpone death, or at least render it more bearable. In contrast, the patriot sacrifices a rather substantial part of humanity for the sake of his own prestige. His statue is always erected on a pedestal of ruins and corpses... In contrast, all humanity crowns a scholar, love forms the pedestal of his statues, and his triumphs defy the desecration of time and the judgment of history.
Santiago Ramón y CajalTags: science inspirational pain love history humanity time death opposite judgement struggle triumph heroes effort scholars sacrifice contrast prestige ruins extreme patriot crown desecration corpses pedestal benefit statue
As individuals die every moment, how insensitive and fabricated a love it is to set aside a day from selfish routine in prideful, patriotic commemoration of tragedy. Just as God is provoked by those who tithe simply because they feel that they must tithe, I am provoked by those who commemorate simply because they feel that they must commemorate.
Criss JamiTags: day love society god nationalism patriotism death patriotic tragedy vanity memory selfishness memories pride culture falsehood commemoration individual honest universal routine popular-culture pop-culture holiday popular patriot lovelessness pop memorial insensitivity bandwagon commemorate fabrication insincere memorial-day tithe
The logic behind patriotism is a mystery. At least a man who believes that his own family or clan is superior to all others is familiar with more than 0.000003% of the people involved.
Criss JamiTags: humor family people belief nationalism patriotism patriotic funny arrogance logic sarcasm statistics mystery illogical pride true country superiority superior inferiority nation bias funny-but-true patriot clan irrational sarcastic percent arrogant inferior estimate estimated estimation percentage prideful stat statistic stats
It’s not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it’s the most patriotic thing we can do.
E.A. BucchianeriTags: politics truth injustice freedom justice patriotism democracy courage patriotic bravery free-speech corruption christian freedom-of-speech citizenship catholic speaking-out catholic-author speak-out protesting speak-up patriot citizen gadfly speaking-up defending-your-country not-in-my-name protests speak-up-and-step-up standing-up unpatriotic whistle-blower whistle-blowers whistle-blowing
Patriotism is a thing difficult to put into words. It is neither precisely an emotion nor an opinion, nor a mandate, but a state of mind -- a reflection of our own personal sense of worth, and respect for our roots. Love of country plays a part, but it's not merely love. Neither is it pride, although pride too is one of the ingredients.
Patriotism is a commitment to what is best inside us all. And it's a recognition of that wondrous common essence in our greater surroundings -- our school, team, city, state, our immediate society -- often ultimately delineated by our ethnic roots and borders... but not always.
Indeed, these border lines are so fluid... And we do not pay allegiance as much as we resonate with a shared spirit.
We all feel an undeniable bond with the land where we were born. And yet, if we leave it for another, we grow to feel a similar bond, often of a more complex nature. Both are forms of patriotism -- the first, involuntary, by birth, the second by choice.
Neither is less worthy than the other.
But one is earned.
Tags: choice roots patriotism service pride choices loyalty country bonds pledge allegiance bond patriot committed proud earned commit love-of-country independence-day 4th-of-july committment patriots pledging
I don't believe in the Constitution because I'm American, I'm American because I believe in the Constitution.
J.S.B. MorseTags: politics america united-states logic law government patriot
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