Sukarno Quotes

A Pole must accept everything Polish, both good and bad,..

The spirit of nationalism springs from the deepest of human emotions. It rises from the yearning of men to be free of foreign domination, to govern themselves. It springs from a thousand rills of race, of history, of sacrifice and pride in national achievement.

I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American!

I come from a big family where we tell big stories. All we had was the storytelling.

As little boys, my brother and I used to spend hours with my grandmother, asking her about the details of how she came to America. She could only give us a smattering of details, but they all found their way into our collective imagination, eventually becoming a part of our own cultural identity and connection to the past.

I wanted to put all my family stories down for my girls, and I remember everything so vividly. I just wanted to put everything down while I still can remember it all.

I wish we would all remember that being American is not just about the freedom we have; it is about those who gave it to us.

Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great.

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.

I think it's unfair to criticise someone for not being Welsh, but the smaller the nation, the more patriotic you seem to be.

I'm not really clear what the whole deal is with flags. I like my flag, but I wouldn't die for it. There's issues of identity, of course. That's going to always come in. I, for example, don't want to be called a 'North Britisher.' I want to be Scottish.

It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win the final battle.

The homeland affects you directly: it affects your body; it affects the collective mind and the collective heart and the collective spirit.

Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis might be being put on nationality and on the other hand patriotism, that sort of thing.

We feel free. We're independent. People can be openly proud of being Estonian. I have a lot of belief in Estonia.

I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I have no such thing as national pride. I don't feel proud that I am Iranian. I happen to be who I am.

I am extremely proud to have the surname Ambani. I am proud to be a Gujarati, and above all, an extremely proud Indian.

France will always be France no matter what, but America involves striving toward an ideal.

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

As we look forward to freedom, the shining city on the hill and the best days of America lying ahead, it is the men and women in uniform who protect, defend and make us proud to whom we should look and give thanks every night.

Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I am a very patriotic guy, in terms of my Scottishness and my roots.

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage.

The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.

I hate patriotism... I can't stand it. It's a round world last time I checked.