George Washington Quotes

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

George Washington

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• We want enough people adopting Bitcoin for a robust infrastructure. It's an act of patriotism. It gives the country a robust parallel system.

  

  Patrick M. Byrne
  • People
  • Country
  • Want

• Patriotism has no appeal to us; justice has. Party has no weight with us; principle has. Loyalty is meaningless; it depends on what one is loyal to.

  

  A. Philip Randolph
  • Party
  • Justice
  • Loyalty

• Xenophobia is dangerous, but patriotism is a good thing.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • Good
  • Dangerous
  • Patriotism

• I didn't see myself as any advance guard, or feminist.

  

  Ida Lupino
  • Myself
  • See
  • Feminist

• For me, my country comes first. Nothing else matters but my country. I always felt that the best way to express your patriotism is to spread love, and that's all I ever tried to do through my work and my cinema.

  

  Karan Johar
  • Work
  • Country
  • Way

• Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

  

  Calvin Coolidge
  • Country
  • America
  • Yourself

• A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Long
  • Fight
  • Soldier

• It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.

  

  R. Lee Ermey
  • God
  • Best
  • Uncle

• One of the reasons for me that there's no 'Spaced 3' is that I don't think you can pretend to be 26 for ever.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Think
  • Reasons
  • Pretend

• I think patriotism is all about wanting to see America better, wanting to see those are oppressed do better and get treated better.

  

  Nate Parker
  • America
  • Better
  • Patriotism

• Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's?

  

  Wallace Shawn
  • Country
  • Love
  • Why

• Patriots don't let their nation default.

  

  Gary Ackerman
  • Nation
  • Patriotism
  • Patriots

• Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.

  

  Dale Carnegie
  • Nation
  • Nations
  • Patriotism

• The entire country may disagree with me, but I don't understand the necessity for patriotism. Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country? I don't see why people care about patriotism.

  

  Natalie Maines
  • People
  • Life
  • Live

• You're obliged to pretend respect for people and institutions you think absurd. You live attached in a cowardly fashion to moral and social conventions you despise, condemn, and know lack all foundation.

  

  Octave Mirbeau
  • People
  • Live
  • Respect

• The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator. Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.

  

  Alan Paton
  • Men
  • Destroy
  • Creator

• To me it's like starting all over, ... If you've watched any of the games I've played at the point guard position, it's honestly hard for other teams to stop it, because I'm putting pressure on guys. We don't always have to come down and rely on getting points off a set offense. We get a chance to run up and down the court and get a lot of easy baskets.

  

  Allen Iverson
  • Up
  • Stop
  • Games

• The sky's the limit for him, ... He's a tough guard. He's got the best coach in the world on his side.

  

  Allen Iverson
  • World
  • Sky
  • Coach

• Without haste! without rest! Bind the motto to thy breast! Bear it with thee as a spell; Storm or sunshine, guard it well.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Guard
  • Haste
  • Breast

• No man of honor, as the word is usually understood, did ever pretend that his honor obliged him to be chaste or temperate, to pay his creditors, to be useful to his country, to do good to mankind, to endeavor to be wise or learned, to regard his word, his promise, or his oath.

  

  Jonathan Swift
  • Honor
  • Promise
  • Regard

• I'll not pretend that I want you for anything but mine.

  

  Courtney Milan
  • Want
  • You
  • Pretend

• We are terrified by the idea of being terrified.

  

  Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Idea
  • Terrified

• I like to stretch myself and push the envelope, so anything that's new or different or not of my daily routine, I am so for.

  

  Merle Dandridge
  • Different
  • Anything
  • Envelope

• Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

  

  George Washington
  • Patriotism
  • Pretend
  • Guard