When a dog barks at the moon then it is religion but when he barks at strangers it is patriotism!

I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision.

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.

Patriotism is the religion of hell.

When your country is in a costly war with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism.

Our platform calls for a balanced deficit reduction plan where the wealthy pay their fair share. And when your country is in a costly war with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism.

I have no sense of patriotism but I do have a sense of community.

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.

Unfortunately religion like patriotism is easy to misuse for political purposes.

Patriotism in America as I understand it is a matter of suffering when the country fails to live up to its promises or actively betrays them.

Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis might be being put on nationality and on the other hand patriotism that sort of thing.

But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.

Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism.

If terror groups are to be defeated it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit.

True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.

One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism.

But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore.

In all her history from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia.

Let's give some substance to patriotism. It may take a generation.

The higher American patriotism on the other hand combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise.

America beats on you so hard the whole time. You are constantly being pummeled by other people's rights and their sense of patriotism.

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.

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.

There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism.