Famous Quotes

"One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous."

Aldous Huxley on Patriotism

More quotes about Patriotism

• "If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under."

  Ronald Reagan on Patriotism

• "Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind."

  Albert Einstein on Patriotism

• "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."

  John F. Kennedy on Patriotism

• "Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about."

  Mark Twain on Patriotism

• "I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose."

  John F. Kennedy on Patriotism

More quotes by Aldous Huxley

• "The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm."

• "The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different."

• "We are all geniuses up to the age of ten."

• "Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image."

• "Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?"