"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."
~ Mark Twain
"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."
~James A. Baldwin
"Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong."
~ James Bryce
"Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practised."
~ Robert Walpole
"Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."
~ Adlai E. Stevenson
"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness."
~Erma Bombeck
"The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain."
~George McGovern
"And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
~ John F. Kennedy
"See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the LORD my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it. Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.' What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him?"
~ Deteronomy 4:5-7
Wow. I love that George McGovern comment.
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