Vladimir Putin Quotes

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

The safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exemption of the citizens from foreign bias and prejudice; and on that love of country which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education and family.

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

Citizens, regardless of their political inclinations, carry a devout sense of their shared culture and its temperament - and, having contributed to it all their lives, hold decent and reasonable hopes for its continued integrity.

Let us not suffer from a national amnesia that causes us to forget who and what we are.

A nation is the same people living in the same place.

We are Englishmen; that is one good fact.

The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are.

A good nationalism has to depend on a principle of the common people, on myths of a struggling commonality.

And my father, after all, was a nationalist.

Nations have always good reasons for being what they are, and the best of all is that they cannot be otherwise.

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.

The Iraqis have become invested in their nationhood.

No one can undermine national unity.

Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work.

Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin.

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

We must teach our people the greatness of China's historical culture. In our educational program we must stress Chinese history and geography so that all may know and appreciate China's civilization of five thousand years and the far-flung boundaries of our ancient race. This will engender a greater faith in our own future.

We ought to be beating our chests every day. We ought to look in the mirror, stick out our chests, suck in our bellies, and say, 'Damn, we're Americans,' and smile.

What supposedly bound that Commonwealth together was a mysterious shared identity - Britishness.

We are not America. We are Afghanistan.

The traditions of a nation are very important and the anthem written by Francis Scott Key in the early days of our nation should always be revered.

Trust me: I don't wish I was a New Zealander.

Ukraine must once again be revered and respected by its citizens as well as the East and the West.

China no longer has an ideology that makes any sense to them, but what they do have is great pride in the Chinese nation.