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.

Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism.

Patriots don't let their nation default.

I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.

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

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who's your real friend? It's the person who tells you the truth. That's who my real friends are. So, you know, I think as far as our country goes, we need more people who will do that.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

The great Comrade Kim Jong Il was an outstanding leader who, true to the President's great idea, developed Chongryon into a pacesetter of patriotism, into a model of patriotic loyalty to the motherland, and into a prototype body of overseas compatriots.

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a way of life, and nationalism, which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life.

America is the spirit of human exploration distilled.

Dependence is not patriotism. A man does not love his mother if he hangs about her to the point of burdening her with a weak, feckless son.

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.

Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.

Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.

I'd like to be more patient! I just want everything now. I've tried to meditate, but it's really hard for me to stay still. I'd like to try to force myself to do it, because everybody says how wonderful meditation is for you, but I can't shut my mind up. So patience and learning is the key.

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.

I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.

The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.

The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.

I have been with Donald for 18 years, and I have been aware of his love for this country since we first met. He never had a hidden agenda when it comes to his patriotism because, like me, he loves this country so much.

There's a fine line between patriotism and corn.

I want to light the lights of patriotism.

I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism.

A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.

There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.

If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land.

I think Americans are very patriotic.

Protection and patriotism are reciprocal. This is the way which has led nations to greatness.

Patriotism demands of us sustained sacrifice.

My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian.

There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people.

My country has been very good to me; I must be good to my country.

Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized.

For what were all these country patriots born? To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn?

I am unable to watch the Olympics due to the blustering jingoism that drenches the event. Has England ever been quite so foul with patriotism? The 'dazzling royals' have, quite naturally, hi-jacked the Olympics for their own empirical needs, and no oppositional voice is allowed in the free press.

Let no American imagine that Zionism is inconsistent with patriotism. Multiple loyalties are objectionable only if they are inconsistent.

I've been working with Pat Robertson on Africa debt-relief, and we disagree on virtually everything except certain very specific, inalienable rights, and the truth is that morality and patriotism come in all shapes and sizes.

I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws?

To me, patriotism is about working ethically and wholeheartedly in our chosen field.

Xenophobia is dangerous, but patriotism is a good thing.

Well, the post office is probably not the place you want to go if you want to be infused with patriotism and a renewed sense of vigor.

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.

Remember the Dreamers whose patriotism was praised when the Democratic House passed, and the Senate filibustered - the DREAM Act in 2010? Washington promised a path to citizenship, not just a roadblock to deportation.

During President George W. Bush's two terms, you couldn't drive far without seeing a particular bumper sticker: 'Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.'