There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.
Howard ZinnTags: nationalism patriotism war
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
Edward AbbeyTags: activism patriotism dissent moral-courage protest
I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
James BaldwinTags: patriotism dissent protest
Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
Mark TwainTags: politics patriotism
In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.
Barack ObamaTags: civic-responsibility patriotism change trial challenge
The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. ... What country before ever existed a century and half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
Thomas JeffersonTags: patriotism revolution slogan
Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.
Ronald ReaganTags: patriotism taxation
All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.
François FénelonTags: humanity nationalism patriotism war humans
A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril.
Winston S. ChurchillTags: patriotism war
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
Albert EinsteinTags: morality murder patriotism war conformity obedience
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