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| Han var en så stor patriot att han ville sälja sitt fosterland för mer pengar än det egentligen var värt. | Zarko Petan |
| I dr Johnsons berömda ordbok definieras patriotism som "lymmelns sista tillflyktsort". Med all respekt för en upplyst men ringare ordboksförfattare tillåter jag mig hävda att det är hans första. | Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) |
| I sin överhettade form är patriotismen det ägg ur vilket krigen kläcks. | Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) |
| Jag vågar säga att patriotism inte är något kort och våldsamt känsloutbrott utan en stilla och orubblig hängivenhet som varar hela livet. | Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) |
| Patriotism innebär att man sörjer för sig själv samtidigt som man sörjer för sitt land. | Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) |
| Patriotism kan definieras som en partisk känsla av solidaritet grundad på prestige. | Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) |
| Patriotism är beredskapen att döda och låta sig dödas av obetydliga orsaker. | Bertrand Russeli |
| Patriotism är en blandning av egenkärlek och fördomar. | François de Voltaire |
| Patriotism är helvetets religon. | James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) |
| Patriotism är inget annat än en känsla av välfärd och fruktan för att den kan gå om intet. | Stanislaus Leszcynski |
| Patriotism är lymmelns sista tillflyktsort. | Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) |
| Patriotism är ofta ingenting annat än att sätta hus och hem högre än principer. | George Jean Nathan (1882-1958) |
| Patriotism är övertygelsen att ens fosterland är överlägset alla andra därför att man själv är född där. | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) |
| Patriotism: Lättantändligt avfall, färdigt att användas till fackla för alla äregiriga som vill se sitt namn lysa. | Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) |
| Vad är patriotism annat än kärlek till de godsaker vi åt i vår barndom? | Lin Yutang (1895-1976) |
| Patriotisme? En blanding af egenkærlighed og fordomme | François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778) |
| Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defence and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it. | Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) |
| I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. | Edith Cavell |
| 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 (1922-) |
| A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. | George William Curtis (1824-1892) |
| Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched. | Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) |
| Ask not what you can do for your country, for they are liable to tell you | Mark Steinbeck |
| If patriotism is "the last refuge of a scoundrel," it is not merely because evil deeds may be performed in the name of patriotism, but because patriotic fervor can obliterate moral distinctions altogether | Ralph B. Perry |
| I would lay down my life to defend any one of the States from aggression, which endangered peace or threatened its institutions. I could do more for the union, but I wish to do more; for the destruction of the union would be the destruction of all th | Sam Houston (1793-1863) |
| Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress | Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) |
| Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. | Adlai E. Stevenson (1900-1965) |
| Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to serve, not support for unjust claims, but frank assessment of its vices and sins, and penitence for them | Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-) |
| When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism! | David Starr Jordan (1851-) |
| You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it. | Malcolm X (1925-1965) |
| I regret that I have but one life to give for my country. | Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) |
| Dissent is the highest form of patriotism | Thomas Jefferson (1762-1826) |
| Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy | William Ralph Inge (1860-1954) |
| Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) |
| Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. | Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) |
| My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind | Thomas Jefferson (1762-1826) |
| Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) |
| You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it. | Malcolm X (1925-1965) |
| Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -how passionately I hate them! | Albert Einstein (1879-1955) |
| 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 (1922-) |
| Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defence and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it. | Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) |
| You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) |
| The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? | Pablo Casals (1876-1973) |
| Ask not what you can do for your country, for they are liable to tell you | Mark Steinbeck |
| Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. | Adlai E. Stevenson (1900-1965) |
| Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. | Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) |
| The time is fast approaching when to call a man a patriot will be the deepest insult you can offer him. Patriotism now means advocating plunder in the interest of the privileged classes of the particular State system into which we have happened to be born. | Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) |
| Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to serve, not support for unjust claims, but frank assessment of its vices and sins, and penitence for them | Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-) |
| A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers | John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) |
| Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched. | Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) |
| If patriotism is "the last refuge of a scoundrel," it is not merely because evil deeds may be performed in the name of patriotism, but because patriotic fervor can obliterate moral distinctions altogether | Ralph B. Perry |
| If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country. | E. M. Forster (1879-1970) |
| Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. | Denis Diderot (1713-1784) |
| Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen | Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) |
| I dislike loud-mouthed patriots who think they like our country more than I do. Some people's idea of patriotism is hating other countries. | Andy Rooney (1919-) |
| Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country. | Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) |
| Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. | Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) |
| Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country | Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) |
| If you can't get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to get them to die for their country? | General George S. Patton (1885-1945) |
| Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) |
| Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. | George Jean Nathan (1882-1958) |
| 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 (1922-) |
| Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism | George Orwell (1903-1950) |
| I know [patriotism] exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward. | George Washington (1732-1799) |
| Patriotism is the religion of hell | James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) |
| Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. | James Bryce (1838-1922) |
| Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. | Mark Twain (1835-1910) |
| Of the many unforeseen consequences of typography, the emergence of nationalism is, perhaps, the most familiar | Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) |
| ...the glorious memory of brave men is continually renewed; the fame of those who have performed any noble deed is never allowed to die; and the renown of those who have done good service to their country becomes a matter of common knowledge to the multitude, and part of the heritage of posterity. | Polybius |
| If patriotism is "the last refuge of a scoundrel," it is not merely because evil deeds may be performed in the name of patriotism, but because patriotic fervor can obliterate moral distinctions altogether | Ralph B. Perry |
| Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. | Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) |
| A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country; who, as an agent in parliament, has, for himself, neither hope nor fear, neither kindness nor resentment, but refers every thing to the common interest | Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) |
| Our purpose now is to reclaim democracy itself. We are here to affirm that when Americans stand up and speak their minds and say America can do better, that is not a challenge to patriotism; it is the heart and soul of patriotism. | Senator John Kerry (1943-) |
| The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice for our country, there are no Republicans; there are no Democrats; there are only Americans. | Senator John Kerry (1943-) |
| There are three kinds of patriots, two bad, one good. The bad ones are the uncritical lovers and the loveless critics. Good patriots carry on a lover's quarrel with their country, a reflection of God's lover's quarrel with all the world. | William Sloane Coffin, Jr. |
| Han var en så stor patriot att han ville sälja sitt fosterland för mer pengar än det egentligen var värt. | Zarko Petan |
| I dr Johnsons berömda ordbok definieras patriotism som "lymmelns sista tillflyktsort". Med all respekt för en upplyst men ringare ordboksförfattare tillåter jag mig hävda att det är hans första. | Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) |
| I sin överhettade form är patriotismen det ägg ur vilket krigen kläcks. | Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) |
| Jag vågar säga att patriotism inte är något kort och våldsamt känsloutbrott utan en stilla och orubblig hängivenhet som varar hela livet. | Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) |
| Patriotism innebär att man sörjer för sig själv samtidigt som man sörjer för sitt land. | Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) |
| Patriotism kan definieras som en partisk känsla av solidaritet grundad på prestige. | Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) |
| Patriotism är beredskapen att döda och låta sig dödas av obetydliga orsaker. | Bertrand Russeli |
| Patriotism är en blandning av egenkärlek och fördomar. | François de Voltaire |
| Patriotism är helvetets religon. | James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) |
| Patriotism är inget annat än en känsla av välfärd och fruktan för att den kan gå om intet. | Stanislaus Leszcynski |
| Patriotism är lymmelns sista tillflyktsort. | Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) |
| Patriotism är ofta ingenting annat än att sätta hus och hem högre än principer. | George Jean Nathan (1882-1958) |
| Patriotism är övertygelsen att ens fosterland är överlägset alla andra därför att man själv är född där. | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) |
| Patriotism: Lättantändligt avfall, färdigt att användas till fackla för alla äregiriga som vill se sitt namn lysa. | Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) |
| Vad är patriotism annat än kärlek till de godsaker vi åt i vår barndom? | Lin Yutang (1895-1976) |