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.

I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.

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.

Well the post office is probably not the place you want to go if you want to be infused with patriotism and a renewed sense of vigor.

There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical questioning and often angry patriotism.

I want to light the lights of patriotism.

There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique.