qYour pride for your country should not come after your country becomes great; your country becomes great because of your pride in it.

There is no law by which to determine the superiority of nations; hence the vanity of the claim, and the idleness of disputes about it.

Heroism on command senseless violence and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them

Our country is the only one that truly permits you to speak bad of your country, so you really shouldn’t say anything bad about it.

No matter what goals you set to accomplish always remember there is a thing known as Life which you should never forget to live and enjoy

I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses.

Brave Americans in past wars didn't die for the actual flag--they died for the freedom it represents, including the freedom to burn it.

I venture to suggest that patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

I like color commentators. Especially red, white, and blue color commentators. As an American I sometimes feel so patriotic I feel British.

You will generally observe that, of all Americans, your foreign-born citizens are the most patriotic - especially toward the Fourth of July.

He who is ready to die for his country is a fool. For he didn’t choose where he was born; and where he was born didn’t choose him.

A man s country is not a certain area of land of mountains rivers and woods but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle

If someone is going to question my roots and question my Indianness I will not let that happen I am too strong to let people like this break me

Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere alikuwa baba kwa familia yake. Kwa Tanzania alikuwa mlezi; wa ndoto ya haki, amani, uzalendo, ujamaa, na uhuru.