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Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. – Hermann Goering	added by Normando 5 months ago
When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes… Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain. – Napoleon Bonaparte	added by Normando 1 year ago
Our country is worth fighting for, but fighting for your country does not mean hating half of the people in it, and when we talk about patriotism, it means an ability to be able to lift everyone up – to fight for each other, to believe in each other – to believe that our country is great because we are inclusive. – Wes Moore	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Rather than making the case for American greatness and appealing to our patriotism, the military is just parroting woke nonsense, it’s dumb, it doesn’t work, and it’s dangerous. – Marco Rubio	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Patriotism was not something that we thought about a lot in my home country, loving your country is the fuel that pushes the country forward. – Fox News	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
They need to be able to fight and survive this aggression, people of Ukraine have a tremendous resilience and tremendous patriotism. The way this disaster united us is unprecedented. We see the support and continued effort to end this war. – Volodymyr Tsyalkovsky	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Last night, America delivered justice to the leader of ISIS and struck a serious blow to the terrorist group. Our entire nation is grateful for the patriotism of our military personnel and intelligence community. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Let the record be crystal clear that it is not patriotism, it is not justified to descend on the Capitol at the behest of a candidate who lost an election and terrorize others. – Amy Berman Jackson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive. – Henry Steele Commager	added by Normando 2 years ago
Where are we then? The religionists are the enemies of liberty, and the friends of liberty attack religion; the high-minded and the noble advocate subjection, and the meanest and most servile minds preach independence; honest and enlightened citizens are opposed to all progress, whilst men without patriotism and without principles are the apostles of civilization and intelligence. Has such been the fate of the centuries which have preceded our own? and has man always inhabited a world like the present, where nothing is linked together, where virtue is without genius, and genius without honor; where the love of order is confounded with a taste for oppression, and the holy rites of freedom with a taste for law; where the light thrown by conscience on human actions is dim, and where nothing seems to be any longer forbidden or allowed, honorable or shameful, false or true? – Alexis de Tocqueville	added by Normando 2 years ago
He was uncompromising in his patriotism and devotion to duty, his duty was protecting his country and its people. You could always rely on Mike, especially in difficult times. – Dave Tyson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The PSA really helps our efforts in terms of the message that The PSA sends about unity, and The PSA's what our project is about. We're on a mission to inspire America by highlighting something that's universally supported. The Medal of Honor -- the values of courage, sacrifice, patriotism, that's something that represents our nation, and I think having all three of those former presidents record that message sends that message very clearly. – Christopher Cassidy	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If the president alone was vested with the power of appointing all officers, and was left to select a council for himself, he would be liable to be deceived by flatterers and pretenders to patriotism – Roger Sherman	added by Normando 2 years ago
Immediate anger set in and it wasn't a good conversation, I can tell you that, no American citizen or anybody should have to ask permission to show their patriotism in this country. – Wendy Gilbert	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Politics. No patriotism at all, no love of country at all, this is all politics, Tucker Carlson. That's why I'm is full of hate and rage right now as I have been probably since 9/11. – Jesse Kelly	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
You called yourself and everyone else patriots, but that's not patriotism, patriotism is loyalty to country, loyalty to the Constitution -- not loyalty to a head of state. That is the tyranny we rejected on July Fourth. – Amy Berman Jackson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
You called yourself and everyone else patriots, but that's not patriotism, patriotism is loyalty to country, loyalty to the Constitution, not loyalty to a head of state. That is the tyranny we rejected on July 4. – Amy Berman Jackson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Today, I am announcing the appointment of Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger, an Air Force veteran and Lieutenant Colonel in the Air National Guard, to serve on the Select Committee, adam Kinzinger brings great patriotism to the Committee's mission : to find the facts and protect our Democracy. – Speaker Pelosi	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I do believe that the work of this committee, in order to retain the confidence of the American people, must act in a way that has no partisanship, is all about patriotism, and I'm very proud of the members of the committee and I'm very certain they will accomplish that goal. We have to again ignore the antics of those who do not want to find the truth. – Speaker Pelosi	Found on CNN 2 years ago
He is unifying us. Because we are all getting really, really sick of being told we are a bunch of racist rubes. He has gotten to the point where he is actually inviting outside consultants to tell us that we suck. It is all part of his greater pernicious attitude towards America, we can no longer think we are exceptional because that is racist and xenophobic. Even patriotism stands out as an anomaly. The flag is racist, apple pie is racist. We have seen the stories. ‘America last’ is our penance for being ‘America first.’. – Greg Gutfeld	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
To have to defend my daughter's patriotism blows my mind, because she loved this country more than anybody I know, she was there to express her First Amendment right and to answer the call of a still sitting president. – Michelle Witthoeft	Found on CNN 2 years ago
On this Memorial Day, we remember the fallen heroes who took their last breaths in defense of our Nation, our families, our citizens, and our sacred freedoms, the depth of their devotion, the steel of their resolve, and the purity of their patriotism has no equal in human history. – Former President Trump	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
When Liz Cheney chose patriotism, she was no longer eligible to be a leader in the House Republican conference. – Hakeem Jeffries	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I don't know what their definition of patriotism is, and that is the worrying thing, once this (electoral system) is set up, you will lose the confidence of the people, and that's bad for any government. – Emily Lau	Found on FOX News 3 years ago

Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.

– Hermann Goering

added by Normando
5 months ago

When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes… Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.

– Napoleon Bonaparte

added by Normando
1 year ago

Our country is worth fighting for, but fighting for your country does not mean hating half of the people in it, and when we talk about patriotism, it means an ability to be able to lift everyone up – to fight for each other, to believe in each other – to believe that our country is great because we are inclusive.

– Wes Moore

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Rather than making the case for American greatness and appealing to our patriotism, the military is just parroting woke nonsense, it’s dumb, it doesn’t work, and it’s dangerous.

– Marco Rubio

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Patriotism was not something that we thought about a lot in my home country, loving your country is the fuel that pushes the country forward.

– Fox News

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

They need to be able to fight and survive this aggression, people of Ukraine have a tremendous resilience and tremendous patriotism. The way this disaster united us is unprecedented. We see the support and continued effort to end this war.

– Volodymyr Tsyalkovsky

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Last night, America delivered justice to the leader of ISIS and struck a serious blow to the terrorist group. Our entire nation is grateful for the patriotism of our military personnel and intelligence community.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Let the record be crystal clear that it is not patriotism, it is not justified to descend on the Capitol at the behest of a candidate who lost an election and terrorize others.

– Amy Berman Jackson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.

– Henry Steele Commager

added by Normando
2 years ago

Where are we then? The religionists are the enemies of liberty, and the friends of liberty attack religion; the high-minded and the noble advocate subjection, and the meanest and most servile minds preach independence; honest and enlightened citizens are opposed to all progress, whilst men without patriotism and without principles are the apostles of civilization and intelligence. Has such been the fate of the centuries which have preceded our own? and has man always inhabited a world like the present, where nothing is linked together, where virtue is without genius, and genius without honor; where the love of order is confounded with a taste for oppression, and the holy rites of freedom with a taste for law; where the light thrown by conscience on human actions is dim, and where nothing seems to be any longer forbidden or allowed, honorable or shameful, false or true?

– Alexis de Tocqueville

added by Normando
2 years ago

He was uncompromising in his patriotism and devotion to duty, his duty was protecting his country and its people. You could always rely on Mike, especially in difficult times.

– Dave Tyson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The PSA really helps our efforts in terms of the message that The PSA sends about unity, and The PSA's what our project is about. We're on a mission to inspire America by highlighting something that's universally supported. The Medal of Honor -- the values of courage, sacrifice, patriotism, that's something that represents our nation, and I think having all three of those former presidents record that message sends that message very clearly.

– Christopher Cassidy

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If the president alone was vested with the power of appointing all officers, and was left to select a council for himself, he would be liable to be deceived by flatterers and pretenders to patriotism

– Roger Sherman

added by Normando
2 years ago

Immediate anger set in and it wasn't a good conversation, I can tell you that, no American citizen or anybody should have to ask permission to show their patriotism in this country.

– Wendy Gilbert

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Politics. No patriotism at all, no love of country at all, this is all politics, Tucker Carlson. That's why I'm is full of hate and rage right now as I have been probably since 9/11.

– Jesse Kelly

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You called yourself and everyone else patriots, but that's not patriotism, patriotism is loyalty to country, loyalty to the Constitution -- not loyalty to a head of state. That is the tyranny we rejected on July Fourth.

– Amy Berman Jackson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

You called yourself and everyone else patriots, but that's not patriotism, patriotism is loyalty to country, loyalty to the Constitution, not loyalty to a head of state. That is the tyranny we rejected on July 4.

– Amy Berman Jackson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Today, I am announcing the appointment of Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger, an Air Force veteran and Lieutenant Colonel in the Air National Guard, to serve on the Select Committee, adam Kinzinger brings great patriotism to the Committee's mission : to find the facts and protect our Democracy.

– Speaker Pelosi

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I do believe that the work of this committee, in order to retain the confidence of the American people, must act in a way that has no partisanship, is all about patriotism, and I'm very proud of the members of the committee and I'm very certain they will accomplish that goal. We have to again ignore the antics of those who do not want to find the truth.

– Speaker Pelosi

Found on CNN
2 years ago

He is unifying us. Because we are all getting really, really sick of being told we are a bunch of racist rubes. He has gotten to the point where he is actually inviting outside consultants to tell us that we suck. It is all part of his greater pernicious attitude towards America, we can no longer think we are exceptional because that is racist and xenophobic. Even patriotism stands out as an anomaly. The flag is racist, apple pie is racist. We have seen the stories. ‘America last’ is our penance for being ‘America first.’.

– Greg Gutfeld

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

To have to defend my daughter's patriotism blows my mind, because she loved this country more than anybody I know, she was there to express her First Amendment right and to answer the call of a still sitting president.

– Michelle Witthoeft

Found on CNN
2 years ago

On this Memorial Day, we remember the fallen heroes who took their last breaths in defense of our Nation, our families, our citizens, and our sacred freedoms, the depth of their devotion, the steel of their resolve, and the purity of their patriotism has no equal in human history.

– Former President Trump

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When Liz Cheney chose patriotism, she was no longer eligible to be a leader in the House Republican conference.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I don't know what their definition of patriotism is, and that is the worrying thing, once this (electoral system) is set up, you will lose the confidence of the people, and that's bad for any government.

– Emily Lau

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

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