Famous quotes about national patriotism

Whenever there is a major political or economic crisis in a country, the broken flag of patriotism will exude the stench again.

——Lenin

Personal justice maintains national justice, personal dignity constitutes national dignity, and the only thing that can make people feel proud and safe is the country. Commitments and guarantees made to the interests of every citizen. If it cannot even do this, what dignity and honor does the country have? ——Zola

Unless you drive patriotism out of mankind, you will never have a peaceful world. Patriotism is a pernicious, unhinged form of idiocy. Patriotism is the belief that this country is better than all other countries simply because you were born here.

　——George Bernard Shaw

Patriotism is actively killing and being killed for trivial causes.

——Bertland Russell

Patriotism: a pile of flammable garbage that can be ignited by any ambitious person at any time to illuminate his name. ——Ambrose Pierce

For us to love our country, our country should be lovely.

——Edmund Burke

To attack freedom of thought with the fist of patriotism is an old and ominous cunning act. —— Stevenson

The concept of national sovereignty itself was conceived to protect individuals, because people are the reason for the existence of the country, not the other way around.

——Annan

What is worse is a country than no country;... What we love is a country where the country seeks happiness for the people, not a country where the people make sacrifices for the country.

——Chen Duxiu

Fighting for your own freedom is fighting for the country’s freedom, and fighting for your own rights is fighting for the country’s rights. Because a free and equal country cannot be built by a group of slaves! ——Hu Shi

How great is the power of patriotism! In front of it, what do people’s love for life and fear of suffering mean? In front of it, man himself is nothing! —— Chernyshevsky

The country is established for people, but people do not live for the country.

——Einstein

Workers have no motherland.

——Marx

The state is a tool for the ruling class to maintain its class rule——Marx

Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels.

——Samuel Johnson

You cannot be allowed to blind your eyes with patriotism and fail to face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it. ——Malcolm

When wisdom exists, nationalism and patriotism as a stupid form will disappear.

——Krishnamurti

For them, patriotism is just a way to flatter the ruler; as long as they think the ruler will never hear it, they Everything said is immediately startlingly sincere because those who listen to them are trustworthy. ——Marquis de Castine

Nationalism is our pattern of disorder, our idolatry, and our madness. "Patriotism" is its superstitious worship. Needless to say, what I call a "patriotic" attitude places one's country above humanity, above the principles of justice and truth.

　——Eric Fromm

Those who have no self-respect can still be patriotic, and they can sacrifice the many for the few. They loved the soil of their graves, but they had no sympathy for the spirit that animated their bodies. Patriotism is the maggot in their heads.

　——Henry David Thoreau

Any time you hear a man say that he loves his country, it is a sign that he is expecting to get something for it. reward.

——Mencken ;