Mark Twain:
"Support your country always, and your government when it deserves it."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we
are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and
servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
Theodore Roosevelt:
"Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which
implies not uncritical eagerness to serve, not support for unjust claims,
but frank assessment of its vices and sins, and penitence for them."
These and more quotes on patriotism:
http://mindprod.com/politics/patriotism.html
"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot
would think of
saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother,
drunk or sober."
G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior
to all
other countries because you were born in it.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate
above principles.
George Jean Nathan (1882 - 1958)
Our obligations to our country never cease but with our
lives.
John Adams (1735 - 1826), Letter to Benjamin Rush, 18 April 1808
And so, my fellow americans: ask not what your country can
do for
you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the
world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we
an do for the freedom of man.
John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Inaugural address, January 20, 1961
You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't
face reality.
Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
Malcolm X (1925 - 1965)
When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its
voice,
I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Journals, 1824
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize
or attack
the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
Subject: Bush Explains Medicare Drug Bill
Bush Explains Medicare Drug Bill -- Verbatim Quote
Submitted on 2005-12-1316:35:14
WOMAN IN AUDIENCE: 'I don't really understand. How is it the new plan
going to fix the problem?'
Verbatim response (PRESIDENT BUSH):
'Because the -- all which is on the table begins to address the big cost
drivers. For example, how benefits are calculated, for example, is on
the table. Whether or not benefits rise based upon wage increases or price
increases. There's a series of parts of the formula that are being
considered. And when you couple that, those different cost drivers,
affecting those -- changing those with personal accounts, the idea is to
get what has been promised more likely to be --
or closer delivered to that has been promised. Does that make any sense
to you? It's kind of muddled. Look, there's a series of things that cause
the -- like, for example, benefits are calculated based upon the increase of
wages, as opposed to the increase of prices. Some have suggested that we
calculate -- the benefits will rise based upon inflation, supposed to
wage increases. There is a reform that would help solve the red if that were
put into effect. In other words, how fast benefits grow, how fast the
promised benefits grow, if those -- if that growth is affected, it will
help on the red.'
“...idol of idiot-worshippers.” William Shakespeare
What do you think?
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