She is a real British patriot, and has pictures of the Royal family all over her house.
Our neighbor is a strong patriot, and actually has a flag pole in front of his house.
My father joined the navy after the Second World War partly out of a sentiment of patriotism.
During
the American War of Independence, many of those who remained patriotic to the British went to Canada.
The recent attacks on the country by terrorists has increased patriotic sentiments considerably.
The arts have long been used by governments as tools of propaganda, such as in the recording
of patriotic songs during times of conflict.
Tom Morello recently suggested that there's no more patriotic an act than questioning your leaders.
F. Shaw once wrote, "I am loving before I am patriotic, and I am human before I am American."
Thomas Jefferson maintained that the
tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
George Bernard Shaw once suggested that you'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
Malcolm X once said, "You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it."
George Bernard Shaw once remarked that patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
Bertrand Russell once noted that patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
George William Curtis once suggested that a man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle, and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
Edward Abbey once said that a patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
Alfred Adler once remarked that it is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.
In 1955, songwriter Irving Berlin received a medal from the President in recognition of his services in composing many patriotic songs for his country.
This bar is a popular hang-out for British ex-pats working in the country.
Discussion question: Is patriotism a positive sentiment in the world?
Find someone who considers him/herself to be a patriotic person.