爱国主义NationalityPatriotism

\"What a glorious morning for America.\"

-- Samuel Adams， said to John Hancock following a battle

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States， unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.

-- Dave Barry

When nations grow old， the arts grow cold and commerce settles on every tree. -- William Blake

As always， victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan. -- Count Galeazzo Ciano， The Ciano Diaries Freedom is a contagious blessing. -- Stephen Covington

I think there are only three things America will be known for 2，000 years from now when they study this civilization： the Constitution， jazz music， and baseball.

-- Gerald Early， writer， baseball documentary， 1994 America's one of the finest countries anyone ever stole. -- Bobcat Goldthwait

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. -- Samuel Johnson

I have not yet begun to fight -- John Paul Jones

Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.

-- Shane Leslie

From the Far East I send you one single thought， one sole idea--written in red on every beachhead form Australia to Tokyo--There is no substitute for victory！

-- General Douglas MacArthur I shall return.

-- General Douglas MacArthur

Old soldiers never die， they just fade away. -- General Douglas MacArthur

War is a profession by which a man cannot live honorably； an employment by which the soldier， if he would reap any profit， is obliged to be false， rapacious， and cruel.

-- Niccolo Machiavelli

The worth of the state， in the long run， is the worth of the individuals composing it.

-- John Stuart Mill

The Middle Eastern states aren't nations； they're quarrels with borders. -- P. J. O'Rourke

Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen.

-- P. J. O'Rourke

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

-- General George Patton

A man's feet should be planted in his country， but his eyes should survey the world.

-- George Santayana

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

-- George Bernard Shaw

If the French were really intelligent， they'd speak English. -- Wilfred Sheed

America is a large， friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail， it knocks over a chair.

-- Arnold Toynbee

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. -- Typewriting exercise

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. -- Oscar Wilde

Perhaps， after all， America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.

-- Oscar Wilde