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Quotations by Subject: Patriotism (26 quotes)

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Patriotism having become one of our topicks, Johnson suddenly uttered, in a strong determined tone, an apophthegm, at which many will start: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." But let it be considered that he did not mean a real and generous love of our country, but that pretended patriotism which so many, in all ages and countries, have made a cloak of self- interest.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), quoted in Boswell's Life of Johnson
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.: Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
The people can always be brought to the bidding of their leaders. All you have to do is tell them that they are in danger of being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.: Hermann Goering (1893 - 1946)
True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels themthe desire to do rightis precisely the same.: Robert E. Lee (1807 - 1870), Letter to General P. G. T. Beauregard, October 3, 1865
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Results from Cole's Quotables:

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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)

Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.: Edith Cavell, last words, before her execution by the Germans, 12 October 1915.
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Speculations and loans in foreign fields are likely to bring us into war... The war-for-profit group has counterfeited patriotism.: Charles Lindberg Sr., 1915

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