Patriotism Criticism Quotes

#1. To criticize one's country is to do it a service ... Criticism, in short, is more than a right; it is an act of patriotism-a higher form of patriotism, I believe, than the familiar rituals and national adulation.

J. William Fulbright

#2. "I criticize America because I love her. I want her to stand as a moral example to the world."

Martin Luther King Jr.

#3. Patriotism without criticism has no head; criticism without patriotism has no heart.

Allen C. Guelzo

#4. In every society in human history, including the United States, those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotism as a way of getting greater support for their policy and insulating themselves from any criticism.

George J. Mitchell

#5. Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.

Henry Steele Commager

#6. Every guild and trade has its own ... private patriotism, which makes it resent all rebellion from within and all competition or criticism from without ... Vested Interests. The manufacture of optical glass ...

Aldous Huxley