There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people.
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.
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.
I don't like the showy nationalism - a tattoo, wrapping yourself in a flag - that doesn't matter to me. The way to show your patriotism and commitment is to go and support or play for your team.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.
The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise.
However British you may be, I am more British still.
It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
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.
There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism.
I know it is very hard to rise above the influences of party prejudice. Often, it almost drowns the sentiment of patriotism. Party rancor and party hatred are the last serpents which the genius of patriotism can crush.
Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous.
There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism.
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.
There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.
Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.
Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide... but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.
