You May Also Like / View all maxioms
I hope to find my country in the right: however I will stand by
her, right or wrong.
I hope to find my country in the right: however I will stand by
her, right or wrong.
Our land is the dearer of our sacrifices. The blood of our
martyrs sanctifies and enriches it. Their spirit read more
Our land is the dearer of our sacrifices. The blood of our
martyrs sanctifies and enriches it. Their spirit passes into
thousands of hearts. How costly is the progress of the race. It
is only by the giving of life that we can have life.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
He held it safer to be of the religion of the King or Queen that
were in being, for read more
He held it safer to be of the religion of the King or Queen that
were in being, for he knew that he came raw into the world, and
accounted it no point of wisdom to be broiled out of it.
One flag, one land, one heart, one hand,
One Nation evermore!
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,
One flag, one land, one heart, one hand,
One Nation evermore!
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,
Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing
but our country.
- Daniel read more
Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing
but our country.
- Daniel Webster,
Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion, a
sentimentality of flag-cheering with no constructive duties.
Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion, a
sentimentality of flag-cheering with no constructive duties.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we read more
One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.
