I only regret that I have but one
life to lose for my country.
?Nathan Hale
It is the patriotic duty of every
man to lie for his country.
?Alfred Adler
I would die for my country . . . but I
would not let my country die for me.
?Neil Kinnock
Intellectually I know that America is no better
than any other country; emotionally I know she
is better than every other country.
?Sinclair Lewis
A patriot must always be ready to defend
his country against his government.
?Edward Abbey
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
The object of war is not to die for your country
but to make the other bastard die for his.
?General George S. Patton
Our true nationality is mankind.
?H. G. Wells
A man who is good enough to shed his
blood for his country is good enough to
be given a square deal afterwards. More
than that no man is entitled to, and
less than that no man shall have.
?Theodore Roosevelt
Patriotism is when love of your own people
comes first; nationalism, when hate for
people other than your own comes first.
?Charles de Gaulle
Patriotism is the willingness to kill
and be killed for trivial reasons.
?Bertrand Russell
'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 is a pernicious, psychopathic
form of idiocy.
?George Bernard Shaw
Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion.
?John Dalberg Acton
