Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

What is patriotism but a love of the food one ate as a child?

A healthy nation is as unconscious of its nationality as a healthy man of his bones. But if you break a nation's nationality it will think of nothing else but getting it set again.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.

The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.

Talking of patriotism, what humbug it is; it is a word which always commemorates a robbery. There isn't a foot of land in the world which doesn't represent the ousting and re-ousting of a long line of successive owners.

The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face.

Soak the American flag in heroin and I'll suck it.

Don't burn the flag, wash it.