#patriotism

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

— Calvin Coolidge

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America is a young dumb country and it needs all kinds of help. America is a dumb puppy with big teeth that bite and hurt. And we take care of America. We hold America to our bosom; we feed America, we make love to America. There wouldn't be an America if it wasn't for black people. So you have some dedicated black Americans who will die a million deaths to save America. And this is home for us. We don't know really about Africa. We talk it in a romantic sense, but America is it. And so, America is always going to be okay as long as black people don't totally lose their mind, cause we'll pick up the pieces and turn it into a new dance. ↗

— Abiodun Oyewole

#african #african-american #america #american #black

I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#belief #believe #comes #feeling #heart

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

— Bill Vaughan

#fellow #gets #parking #patriot #real

The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it? ↗

— Ronnie James Dio

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I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be. ↗

— Bob Dylan

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The very idea of true patriotism is lost, and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes. A patriot, sir! Why, patriots spring up like mushrooms! ↗

— Robert Walpole

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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism. ↗

— George Washington

#against #guard #patriotism #pretended

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#vicious #virtue

If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#direction #need #over #partisanship #patriotism