Ignacy Jan Paderewski Quotes

If I haven't fought for my country at least I'll paint for her.

Well - Patriotism has its laws. And it also is a perfectly definite one, there are not vaguenesses about it. It commands that the brother over the border shall be sharply watched and brought to book every time he does us a hurt or offends us with an insult.

Patriotism can be good or bad. Knee-jerk patriotism can be very bad. I'm patriotic almost to the point of self-consciousness, but I love my country the way I love a friend or a child who I would correct if she was going the wrong way. Who I expect the very best from.

Loyalty must arise spontaneously from the hearts of people who love their country and respect their government.

One of the great attractions of patriotism

My fatherland has always the first claim on me.

Saying you are a patriot is not enough - you have to be one.

Stand Firm for your country, and become a man Honour'd and lov'd: It were a noble life, To be found dead, embracing her.

Patriotism demands the ability to feel shame as much as to feel pride.

I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.

I'm a patriot in the truest sense of the word.

I'm not super-patriotic, but the U.S. is where I live, and it's the passport that I carry.

I have never let down Italy, and I never will. I love my country, and I owe a lot to my country, and in that sense, whatever I can and will be able to do for my country, I will do.

I love Canadians. They are the coolest, nicest, most patriotic people, and they will support their countrymen no matter what, and I think that's commendable.

True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.

I think Americans are very patriotic.

The average American is nothing if not patriotic.

I have a deep sense of responsibility to my country and Greek people.

The resources of Patriotism are inexhaustible.

He is a poor patriot whose patriotism does not enable him to understand how all men everywhere feel about their altars and their hearthstones, their flag and their fatherland.

I hope to find my country in the right: however, I will stand by her, right or wrong.

But is he a patriot for me?

In this war I am completely English.

When I look at his gallant services, finding him first in the military school of the United States, educated at the expense of his country—taught to love the principles of the Constitution; afterwards entering its service fighting beneath the Stars and Stripes, ... I cannot understand how he can be willing to hail another banner, and turn from that of his country; .... If I could not unsheathe my sword in vindication of the flag of my country, ... I would return the sword to its scabbard; I would never sheathe it in the bosom of my mother. Never! Never! Never!

Canada first, Canada last, and Canada always.