1. Patriotic Quotes

Be worried about the world’s worries first, and be happy after the world’s happiness. ——Fan Zhongyan of the Song Dynasty, "The Story of Yueyang Tower"

My heart is like a magnetic needle, and it will not rest until it points to the right direction. ——Wen Tianxiang "Yangtze River"

Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. ——Gu Yanwu "Rizhilu. Zhengshi"

Take the affairs of the country as your own responsibility. ——Han Yu's "Preface to Farewell to Xu Yingzhou"

Only the soul of the people is valuable, and only when it is carried forward can China truly progress. ——Lu Xun

Everyone should abide by the laws of life, link personal destiny to the destiny of the nation, and put personal survival in the survival of the group. ——Ba Jin

Everyone learns and uses his knowledge to make the country prosperous and strong, not subject to foreign aggression, and able to stand on its own on the earth. ——Zhan Tianyou

People need to be helpful. Although lotus flowers are good, they still need the support of green leaves. A fence needs three stakes, and a good man needs three gangs. ——Mao Zedong

2. Patriotic Knowledge

From "What You Should Know as a Patriot" from "The American Citizen Reader"

． What you should know as a patriot. For a patriot, it is not enough to simply think that his motherland is a beautiful and comfortable land. Any opinion has a certain value only if it comes from true knowledge and insights. It is a recognized fact that the more ignorant people are, the more biased they are. However, a prejudice is simply a firm belief that is formed due to a weak base of knowledge. In fact, we say that an opinion is of little value if the person expressing it knows little about the topic on which he or she is speaking. A jewelry merchant who has lived in the city his whole life may not know much about farm work. If he were to go to the countryside and give a piece of advice to a farmer about crop management, the farmer would definitely laugh at him. The jewelry merchant's views on repairing watches are undoubtedly more reasonable than the corresponding views of the farmer, but on the other hand, the farmer must be more knowledgeable about how to grow crops. In other words, whether an opinion has value depends on whether the person who proposes it has relevant knowledge.

Thus, if we know little about the history of our country, our view of it will be of little value. We should understand how it is administered, how laws are made and enforced, what courts are and how they carry out judicial work, and what rights a citizen has and does not have. We should know how our motherland developed to what it is today, who are the great people it has produced, and what these great people have done. With this understanding, our perceptions are less likely to be just biases. This passage has two meanings: first, patriotism does not mean thinking that everything about your motherland is good; second, positive, positive and valuable patriotic emotions are based on knowledge.