Malcolm Turnbull Quotes

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Patriotism, love of country, and pride in the flag which symbolizes country may be feelings which the race will at some period outgrow, but at present they are very real and strong, and the man who lacks them is a useless creature, a mere encumbrance to the land.

Patriotism... bought and paid for is not patriotism.

Let's give some substance to patriotism. It may take a generation.

I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism.

But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.

I love my country more than anything else.

Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics.

America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

I'm not afraid to make a patriotic speech. There should be more of them.

Let us abandon this narrow conception of patriotism, which consists of the doctrine, "My country right or wrong." There is a nobler doctrine, ... "My country must always be right.

The feeling of patriotism --- It is an immoral feeling because, instead of confessing himself a son of God ... or even a free man guided by his own reason, each man under the influence of patriotism confesses himself the son of his fatherland and the slave of his government, and commits actions contrary to his reason and conscience

Like other ideals, patriotism varies from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy.

Patriotism is the trump card of a scoundrel.

Citizenship should be placed above everything else, even learning.

We have a secret weapon...it is called Nationalism

From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

War springs from the love and loyalty which should be offered to God being applied to some God substitute, one of the most dangerous being nationalism.

I talk about being Australian a lot.

I'm a proud Australian, a very, very proud Australian.

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.

We moved, and there was a golden era in the '40s when we were so conscious of who we were as Australians.