Quotations about Patriotism

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

"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
(1874 - 1936)

Patriotism is your conviction
that this country is superior
to all other countries because
you were born in it.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 - 1950)

You'll never have a quiet
world till you knock the
patriotism out of the human
race.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 - 1950), "Misalliance"

Patriotism is often an arbitrary
veneration of real estate
above principles.
George Jean Nathan
(1882 - 1958)

Don't be a fool and die for
your country. Let the other
sonofabitch die for his.
George S. Patton
(1885 - 1945), (attributed)

Quotes from George Washington

Associate yourself with men
of good quality if you esteem
your own reputation for 'tis
better to be alone
than in bad company.

Be courteous to all, but
intimate with few; and
let those few be well
tried before you give
them your confidence.

Few men have virtue to
withstand the highest
bidder.

It's wonderful what we
can do if we're always
doing.

Labor to keep alive in
your breast that little
spark of celestial fire
called conscience.

Our cause is noble;
it is the cause of
mankind!

It is better to offer no
excuse than a bad one.

Quotes from Abraham Lincoln

Better to remain silent and be
thought a fool than to speak out
and remove all doubt.

Force is all-conquering, but its
victories are short-lived.

I am a firm believer in the people.
If given the truth, they can be
depended upon to meet any
national crises. The great point
is to bring them the real facts.

I will prepare and some day
my chance will come.

If you would win a man to your
cause, first convince him that
you are his sincere friend.

It has been my experience that
folks who have no vices have
very few virtues.