Patriotism Quotes - Page 22

• I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people.

  Michael D. Higgins

  Strong, Commitment, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Thomas E. Mann

  Appreciate, Presidential, Unity

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• I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness.

  Huey Newton

  Mean, Community, Trials

  Huey P. Newton (2009). “Revolutionary Suicide: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.158, Penguin

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• Patriotism is not endlessly bragging that out country is the best; rather it is wanting one's country to be the best that it can be and helping it to be that best, which is a very different matter.

  Robert Stam

  Country, Different, Matter

  Ella Shohat, Robert Stam (2013). “Flagging Patriotism: Crises of Narcissism and Anti-Americanism”, p.331, Routledge

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• There will be no prison which can hold our movement down.

  Huey Newton

  Movement, Prison

  Huey Newton (2009). “To Die for the People”, City Lights Books

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• Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Believe, Passion, Garden

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• There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.

  Barack Obama

  Stars, War, Patriotic

  2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 27 July 2004, Fleet Center, Boston

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• Our purpose now is to reclaim democracy itself. We are here to affirm that when Americans stand up and speak their minds and say America can do better, that is not a challenge to patriotism; it is the heart and soul of patriotism.

  John F. Kerry

  Heart, America, Challenges

  "Kerry: We are here to make America stronger", www.cnn.com. July 30, 2004.

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• My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind

  Thomas Jefferson

  Country, Firsts, Affection

  Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). “Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution”, p.244, Algora Publishing

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• Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.

  Evan Bayh

  Country, Military, Should Have

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• The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable... those aspects are too fundamental to ignore or gloss over.

  Bernardine Dohrn

  Fundamentals, Sanctions, Hush

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• 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.

  Parker Stevenson

  War, Thinking, People

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• Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don’t.

  Todd Gitlin

  Want, Versions

  "How to be radical? An interview with Todd Gitlin and George Monbiot". Interview with George Monbiot, www.opendemocracy.net. April 5, 2011.

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• The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in the name of a wise, honourable and democratic patriotism.

  Todd Gitlin

  Wise, Names, Able

  "How to be radical? An interview with Todd Gitlin and George Monbiot". openDemocracy Interview, www.opendemocracy.net. April 5, 2011.

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• If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Change, Sister

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• In "The King's Speech," patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the fight is clear, it hasn't become complicated over time.

  Tom Hooper

  Kings, Fighting, Historical

  "Q&A with 'King's Speech' director Tom Hooper". Interview with Walter Addiego, www.sfgate.com. February 4, 2011.

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• 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.

  Malcolm Turnbull

  Passion, Commitment, Australia

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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 effort in the battle against debt.

  Francois Hollande

  Country, Effort, Battle

  "François Hollande annouces €10bn cut in public spending" by Kim Willsher, www.theguardian.com. September 9, 2012.

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• Patriotism has served, at different times, as widely different ends as a razor, which ought to be used in keeping your face clean and yet may be used to cut your own throat or that of an innocent person.

  Charles Edward Montague

  Cutting, Innocent Person, Different

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• 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.

  Nick Lampson

  Veterans Day, Believe, Past

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• The sight of nature fascinates, the family tie has a sweet enchantment and patriotism gives the religious spirit a fiery devotion to the powers that it reveres.

  Bruno Bauer

  Religious, Sweet, Sight

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• The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. So when you study abroad, you're actually helping to make America stronger.

  Michelle Obama

  Patriotic, America, Presidential

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

  Chrissie Hynde

  Community

  Billboard Interview, www.billboard.com. April 3, 2006.

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• The militia is a voluntary force not associated or under the control of the States except when called out; [ when called into actual service] a permanent or long standing force would be entirely different in make-up and call.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Long, Different, Would Be

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  The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Humble, Ethnicity, Essence

  "Condoleezza Rice outshines Paul Ryan at the Republican convention" by Ana Marie Cox, www.theguardian.com. August 30, 2012.

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