There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made between patriotism which is attachment to a way of life and nationalism which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life.

The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to be fought - at least by Americans - in the name of a wise honourable and democratic patriotism.

My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian.

Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's?

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism you need to vote for a change in direction.

The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent encourage going along and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable... those aspects are too fundamental to ignore or gloss over.

I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.

There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism.

Well the post office is probably not the place you want to go if you want to be infused with patriotism and a renewed sense of vigor.

There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical questioning and often angry patriotism.

I want to light the lights of patriotism.

There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique.

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

During times of war hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.

Unfortunately after Sept. 11 there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous.

Politics is too partisan and sometimes patriotism is cast aside. Patriotism is honor and love of your country and your brothers and sisters. With politics I get the impression that it's all about what's good for the party and not necessarily what's good for the country.

But this Veterans Day I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong no matter who does it or who says it.

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.

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

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

Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.

Patriotism has served at different times as widely different ends as a razor which ought to be used in keeping your face clean and yet may be used to cut your own throat or that of an innocent person.

The very idea of true patriotism is lost and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes. A patriot sir! Why patriots spring up like mushrooms!