Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics.
Michael Ignatieff
There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.
A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.
William Ralph Inge
It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they're not like... →
Eric Hobsbawm
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... →
Francois Hollande
To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary... is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our... →
Robert Jackson
The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.
Stonewall Jackson
Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.
Mick Jagger
However British you may be, I am more British still.
Henry James
I do not have to look for credentials for my Polishness and for my patriotism. I'm a Pole. The chronicles of my family go back - as far back as... →
Wojciech Jaruzelski