Douglas Tompkins Quotes

I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief.

They bum-rapped me for being a patriot. I'm happy to be a patriot.

My family is patriotic.

Loyalty must arise spontaneously from the hearts of people who love their country and respect their government.

Governor, why wouldn't anyone want to say the Pledge of Allegiance, unless they detested their own country or were ignorant of its greatness?

I'm a patriot in the truest sense of the word.

Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.

Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.

I'm an American first, and I think that's how most people are.

I'm not super-patriotic, but the U.S. is where I live, and it's the passport that I carry.

True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.

I want to light the lights of patriotism.

My father valued patriotism above all other social obligations, but he had his own particular interpretation of just how true patriotism was meant to function.

The resources of Patriotism are inexhaustible.

My first allegiance must stay where it has always been, to the people of the United States, my own people.

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

The primary duty of a citizen is loyalty to country…. It is exhibited by an absolute and unreserved obedience to his country’s call.

There is one higher office than President, and I would call that patriot.

Who is not patriotic cannot be considered Portuguese.

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.

… loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death.

Citizenship should be placed above everything else, even learning.

… my kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous.

Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.

We're not Democrats first. We're not Republicans first. We're Americans first. We're patriots first.