Robert Bolt Quotes

I just want to serve Colombia.

Patriotism cannot be instilled inside anybody, it just happens to be there. And it can rise above any notion, any emotion.

True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.

Patriotism is a little like strength. If you've got it, you don't have to wear it on your sleeve.

Patriotism is a noble feeling insofar as it approaches that which is purely human, but the very reverse the further it is removed therefrom.

Let's be proud of our homeland once again!

Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice.

I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.

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

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

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

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!

I want you to know that everything I did, I did for my country.

I remain attached to my nation.

Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose.

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.

They held it their duty to live but for their country.

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

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique.

There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to die ten deaths, if that be possible.

Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.

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.

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.