The love of one's country is a splendid thing -- but why should love stop at the border?

--Pablo Casals

To one's country Love is a beautiful thing - but why does love stop at national borders?

——Pablo Kessels

God and Country are an unbeatable team; they break all records for oppression and bloodshed.

-- Luis Bunuel

God and country formed an invincible team; they broke all records of oppression and bloodshed.

——Louis Barnard

The love of their country is with them only a mode of flattering its master; as soon as they think that master can no longer hear, they speak of everything with a frankness which is the more startling because those who listen to it become responsible.

--Marquis De Custine

For them, patriotism is nothing but flattering the ruler. a way; as long as they thought the rulers would never hear again, everything they said was immediately startlingly sincere, because those who listened to them were trustworthy.

——Marquis de Castine

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.

--H. L. Mencken

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

——Mencken

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

--Edmund Burke

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

——Edmund Burke

My country may not always be right; when it is right, keep it right; when it is wrong, make it right .

——Carl Schulz

The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.

--Thomas Paine

A soldier in his prime and a glorious patriot would not dare to do anything for his in such a crisis. National service; but those who have withstood the test so far deserve the gratitude and love of the people.

——Thomas Paine