True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.

Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?

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.

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.