Patriotism Quotes: Celebrating Love for One’s Country
Honoring Our Homeland: Inspiring Patriotism Quotes
Patriotism is a deep love and devotion for one’s country, encompassing a sense of pride, loyalty, and commitment to its ideals. It is an appreciation for the freedoms and values that our nations represent, and a recognition of the sacrifices made by those who have come before us. In this collection of patriotism quotes, we celebrate the spirit of patriotism and the importance of cherishing and defending our homeland.
A Tribute to Patriotism: Quotes that Ignite National Pride
Let these inspiring quotes ignite your sense of patriotism and reaffirm the significance of love and dedication towards your country. From influential leaders, thinkers, and patriots, these quotes encapsulate the essence of patriotism and its enduring impact. They remind us of the power of unity, resilience, and the pursuit of a better future for our nations.
If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land.
Our entire family is replete with sentiments of patriotism. Uncle Swarna Singh left for his heavenly abode in jail in 1910, two or three years after my birth. Uncle Ajit Singh is leading the life of an exile in foreign countries.
I think patriotism is all about wanting to see America better, wanting to see those are oppressed do better and get treated better.
I don’t like the showy nationalism – a tattoo, wrapping yourself in a flag – that doesn’t matter to me. The way to show your patriotism and commitment is to go and support or play for your team.
Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.
My father valued patriotism above all other social obligations, but he had his own particular interpretation of just how true patriotism was meant to function.
They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead.
A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.
The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable… those aspects are too fundamental to ignore or gloss over.
One, if you attack my integrity, I will defend myself. If you attack my patriotism, I will defend myself. If you come after my family, I will counter-attack viciously, I will destroy you.
My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia… a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian.
Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous.
Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
When I deployed to Iraq with my fellow soldiers, putting our lives on the line for our country, no one in the media questioned our patriotism because of our religion.
Patriotism is often the cry extolled when morally questionable acts are advocated by those in power. When these cries of patriotism drown out any logically based dissension, it is usually the American soldier that is given the order to carry out some ill-conceived mission.
Look, I think Hispanic community – the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism.
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
Nothing can be better calculated to advance our interests and character than the establishment of a liberal and disinterested policy, enlightened by patriotism and guided by wisdom.
When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.
The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny.
Growing up in New York with artist parents – a very liberal environment, where we were always encouraged to challenge the status quo – I think for a long time I confused jingoism with patriotism. And that is a mistake.
The patriot’s blood is the seed of Freedom’s tree.
I was weaned not on television or Wild West sagas but on stories of nationalism and patriotism. I would sit at my mother’s feet by the hour and drink in these exciting tales of the freedom fighters in our family.
It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot.
We’ll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national prosperity; of trade and dickering, not principle.
I have suffered my self to be politically sacrificed to save my country from ruin and disgrace and if I am never a gain elected I will have the gratification to know that I have done my duty.
The great Comrade Kim Jong Il was an outstanding leader who, true to the President’s great idea, developed Chongryon into a pacesetter of patriotism, into a model of patriotic loyalty to the motherland, and into a prototype body of overseas compatriots.
True patriotism is loving your country and countrymen enough to want to make it better.
I ask the educational system, the parents, the church, and pillars of the community to help shape a new culture of honesty, patriotism, respect, discipline and service for young Filipinos.
The sole and basic source of our strength is the solidarity of workers, peasants and the intelligentsia, the solidarity of the nation, the solidarity of people who seek to live in dignity, truth, and in harmony with their conscience.
But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.
Patriots don’t let their nation default.
To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.
Patriotism is the religion of hell.
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.
The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.
It was an act of patriotism when we worked to pass a law allowing the prosecution of federal hate crimes in the name of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd.
I think the Hispanic community, the values that resonate in our community, are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family, patriotism.
It’s not always clear where a healthy patriotism shades into a dangerous nationalism.
You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
I know it is very hard to rise above the influences of party prejudice. Often, it almost drowns the sentiment of patriotism. Party rancor and party hatred are the last serpents which the genius of patriotism can crush.
I wake up every morning singing ‘The Star-Spangled Banner.’
I think Hispanic community – the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism. Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country? And they are also hard work and responsibility.
Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique.
My parents, Arthur and Olwen, were honest, working-class people who raised my brother Arthur, sister June, and me with the values of that era – patriotism, stoicism, honesty, concern for your neighbours, and judging a man by what he did rather than what he had.
Yes, I’m a patriotic person. For these people who disgrace the American way and burn our flag and do all of these things… I say, don’t live here and disgrace my country. Go live in the Middle East and see how you like it.
My country has been very good to me; I must be good to my country.
I don’t have heroes, exactly, but I do have people I hold in high respect. Ronald Reagan, for example, stood for ideals that I value: integrity, patriotism and a fundamental belief in goodness and capabilities of mankind.
It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.
The life my grandparents had was thoroughly American. They built a small ranch into a huge operation and fulfilled my great-grandparents’ dreams. Theirs was… a simpler time of contentment and patriotism.
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.
The patriotism in Britain comes from us being a leader. On jobs, on tax havens, on workers’ rights, on the environment. We can be leading Europe… and it will be to the benefit of every British citizen.
Patriotism need not be puritanical.
The concept of patriotism is not incompatible with that of humanity; on the contrary, let me state emphatically that he who best serves pacifism serves patriotism best. The nation is and can be no more than the vital basic unit of any international league.
I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we’d all pull together.
Like George Sand, the feminism of the present day asserts the right of free thought against the creed of authority in every field; the solidarity of mankind and the cause of peace against the patriotism of militarism; social reform against the existing relations of society.
If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
America is the spirit of human exploration distilled.
The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride and history.
Let’s give some substance to patriotism. It may take a generation.
I have been with Donald for 18 years, and I have been aware of his love for this country since we first met. He never had a hidden agenda when it comes to his patriotism because, like me, he loves this country so much.
Americans never quit.
Remember the Dreamers whose patriotism was praised when the Democratic House passed, and the Senate filibustered – the DREAM Act in 2010? Washington promised a path to citizenship, not just a roadblock to deportation.
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
In ‘The King’s Speech,’ patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the fight is clear, it hasn’t become complicated over time.
We want enough people adopting Bitcoin for a robust infrastructure. It’s an act of patriotism. It gives the country a robust parallel system.
Every year in China, Internet executives are officially rewarded for their ‘patriotism.’
Patriotism is not an abstract concept. It begins from one’s own home. It buds out from the love for one’s parents, spouses and children, the love for one’s own home, village and workplace, and further develops into the love for one’s country and fellow people.
If his presidency is to represent the full power of the idea that black Americans are just like everyone else – fully human and fully capable of intellect, courage and patriotism – then Barack Obama has to be subject to the same rough and tumble of political criticism experienced by his predecessors.
The American patriots of today continue the tradition of the long line of patriots before them, by helping to promote liberty and freedom around the world.
I look forward to a great future for America – a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism, and I intend to continue to push my country to respect the rights of all its citizens. I will not be silenced.
I don’t think anyone has qualms in saying victory to the people of India. But when a political party appropriates such a slogan and says this is the definition of patriotism, those who say it are patriotic and those who don’t are not patriotic, then I reject that definition.
There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.
1 month ago the American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the selflessness, patriotism and heroism by our troops, our National Guard and Reserves.
Patriotism is love of country. But you can’t love your country without loving your countrymen and countrywomen. We don’t always have to agree, but we must empower each other, we must find the common ground, we must build bridges across our differences to pursue the common good.
I’m glad to see a lot of patriotism in this country – I haven’t seen that since World War II.
I gave my heart to the Americans and thought of nothing else but raising my banner and adding my colors to theirs.
It’s my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.
When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.
Patriotism is something I wear in my heart not on my head.
However British you may be, I am more British still.
We live in a time of conflict – external and internal – when we sometimes concentrate too much on what divides us. Today, fly the Stars and Stripes with pride and confidence that what unites is far stronger.
For you are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making.
I think Americans are very patriotic.
There’s something I will say: In the U.S., people are very patriotic. Their patriotism is obvious. In France, for many years, you had to fight to be patriotic. People are pushing us from loving our own country.
Protection and patriotism are reciprocal. This is the way which has led nations to greatness.
I think I’m one of the most patriotic people that I’ve ever encountered in America. I consider myself a bedrock patriot. I participate very actively in local politics, because my voice might be worthwhile. I participate in a meaningful way – not by donations; I work at it.
Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage.
My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors.
There’s intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.
My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th of July celebrations marked by fireworks and patriotic music played from a pavilion bandstand.
I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief.
When I see someone in a military uniform I make it a point to approach them, shake their hand and say five words… ‘thank you for your service.’ ‘Stars Earn Stripes’ is a high energy, fun, action show, but at its heart it is all about those five words.
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.
I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.
Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It’s all a bit silly.
America beats on you so hard the whole time. You are constantly being pummeled by other people’s rights and their sense of patriotism.
For me, tribalism and religion are basically the big reasons we’re in trouble. Patriotism, tribalism, and religion.
I’ve certainly thought a lot more about things like tyranny and patriotism and violence. I think I found some kind of clarity – definitely a thicker understanding.
The Montreal Olympics were in July 1976, the bicentennial, at the height of patriotism.
It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism.
I belong to the Russian language. As to the state, from my point of view, the measure of a writer’s patriotism is not oaths from a high platform, but how he writes in the language of the people among whom he lives.
During President George W. Bush’s two terms, you couldn’t drive far without seeing a particular bumper sticker: ‘Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.’
A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don’t have something that I want to die for – anymore.
These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor – and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.
The values, the programs, the formula, the determination, and the patriotism responsible for America’s past success are still here to be tapped.
Xenophobia is dangerous, but patriotism is a good thing.
One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism.
You are patriotic when you condemn and fight for fellow citizens. That is patriotism for me.
Well, the post office is probably not the place you want to go if you want to be infused with patriotism and a renewed sense of vigor.
It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they’re not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans.
My definition, the definition that I’ve always believed in, is that esprit de corps means love for one’s own military legion – in my case, the United States Marine Corps. It means more than self-preservation, religion, or patriotism. I’ve also learned that this loyalty to one’s corps travels both ways: up and down.
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary… is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds.
It is the pride of my heart to have been one of the earliest adopted sons of America.
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.
Old Glory represents our great American military and their sacrifices to ensure our freedom. This isn’t a political issue. This is about Patriotism, and we need more of it.
I think patriotism, by its very definition, is love of country. But we seem to have become a country where the highest thing we’re reaching for is tolerance.
There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.
Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose.
Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it’s wrong.
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
I’d like to be more patient! I just want everything now. I’ve tried to meditate, but it’s really hard for me to stay still. I’d like to try to force myself to do it, because everybody says how wonderful meditation is for you, but I can’t shut my mind up. So patience and learning is the key.
‘My country, right or wrong’ is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying ‘My mother, drunk or sober.’
We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.
Patriotism demands of us sustained sacrifice.
I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.
Most of what is said by candidates on the right is half-baked truths and fabrications coated in ‘patriotism or family values.’
Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
It’s almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you.
For Americans, of course, it’s football, basketball, and baseball. We live for it. In many ways, it sums up who we are. In Iran, it’s all about wrestling. The patriotism toward their country comes out in the way they wrestle, so it makes sense why they’re the best.
My position is that it isn’t government’s job to mandate patriotism. To me, mandating a pledge of allegiance to a government is something Saddam Hussein would do.
Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose ethnic composition is taken for granted.
The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.
Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.
If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms never never never!
To me, patriotism is about working ethically and wholeheartedly in our chosen field.
The very idea of true patriotism is lost, and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes. A patriot, sir! Why, patriots spring up like mushrooms!
When Pearl Harbor was bombed, young Japanese-Americans, like all young Americans, rushed to their draft board to volunteer to fight for our country. That act of patriotism was answered with a slap in the face. We were denied service and categorized as enemy non-alien.
America is not static. America is striving. And sometimes, America requires critique. Jingoism is an avoidance of realism. You can simultaneously love and be disappointed in the object of your love, wanting it to be better than it is. In fact, that is a measure of love. Honest critique is a pillar of patriotism.
The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest.
The Hollywood of Frank Capra’s era, when Reagan became a minor star, sold the world an image of American pith and patriotism in many ways as defining as the moon landing or the A-bomb.
Into the soul of every student I would have instilled the patriotic fervor of Patrick Henry.
I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.
Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.
To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who’s your real friend? It’s the person who tells you the truth. That’s who my real friends are. So, you know, I think as far as our country goes, we need more people who will do that.
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
I suppose I have become a sort of living monument in Portugal. But I come from a family with roots all over the world, so the idea of patriotism is not very strong in me. My country is the country of Chekhov, Beethoven, Velasquez – writers I like, painters and artists I admire.
Americans never quit.
We are a big country, with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time… to ask for an effort in the battle against debt.
Here’s how I see obesity: as a symptom. The larger problem is over-consumption. In a society that identifies consumption with patriotism, valorizes ‘growth’ above all else and assigns status according to how much you consume, we compete with each other to see who can consume the most.
Our national motto is ‘In God we Trust,’ reminding us that faith in our Creator is the most important American value of all.
We live in a time of conflict – external and internal – when we sometimes concentrate too much on what divides us. Today, fly the Stars and Stripes with pride and confidence that what unites is far stronger.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Conservatives believe in patriotism, but equally in community and the importance of local identity. We believe in devolution. We believe in localism. We believe that decisions should be taken locally wherever is practical; that communities matter.
Politics is too partisan, and sometimes patriotism is cast aside. Patriotism is honor and love of your country and your brothers and sisters. With politics I get the impression that it’s all about what’s good for the party and not necessarily what’s good for the country.
There is a possibility that the BJP can start the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya just before Lok Sabha elections. They can even sponsor some dramatic events in the name of patriotism to save their government and hide their failures. Be aware of such conspiracies.
No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
I respect and value the ideals of rugged individualism and self-reliance. But rugged individualism didn’t defeat the British, it didn’t get us to the moon, build our nation’s highways, or map the human genome. We did that together. This is the high call of patriotism.
Patriotism has no appeal to us; justice has. Party has no weight with us; principle has. Loyalty is meaningless; it depends on what one is loyal to.
I think Americans are really patriotic people, so patriotism is something they can understand. I’m very patriotic about Brazil, my country, and that includes my language.
To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag.
The love of one’s country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
To apply Kim Jong Il’s patriotism means to thoroughly materialize the General’s intentions and desires for the prosperity of the country and the happiness of all generations to come and to carry on all work for achieving the prosperity of the country in the way he did.
I think it’s the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn’t that what the very essence of democracy is about?
Every year in late June, Custer’s Last Stand is reenacted on the high plains of Montana. When Custer led out the 7th Cavalry in 2003 – the year I witnessed it – the audience stood and cheered with turbo-charged patriotism.
Let the living give thanks to our honored dead who have paid the ultimate sacrifice that the Constitution of the United States remains our guiding light.
There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.
Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb Americans who love their country and hate the enemy.
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.
In conclusion, patriotism is a powerful force that binds us together as citizens and inspires us to work towards the betterment of our nations. These patriotism quotes serve as a reminder of the love, pride, and dedication we hold for our countries. May they ignite a sense of national pride, unity, and a commitment to upholding the values and ideals that our nations represent. Let us honor the sacrifices of those who have fought for our freedoms and strive to build a better future for generations to come.
