Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one
Voltaire – Patriotism
Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil which makes their graves, but have no sympathy with the spirit which may still animate their clay. Patriotism is a maggot in their heads.
Henry David Thoreau – Patriotism
"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober."
G.K. Chesterton – Patriotism
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
George Bernard Shaw – Patriotism, Superiority
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.
George Bernard Shaw – Patriotism
When I am abroad I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the Government of my country. I make up for lost time when I am at home.
Winston Churchill – Patriotism
It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.
