Jingoism Quotes

Enjoy the best quotes on Jingoism , Explore, save & share top quotes on Jingoism .

Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism.

Claire Danes
Save QuoteView Quote

Growing up in New York with artist parents - a very liberal environment, where we were always encouraged to challenge the status quo - I think for a long time I confused jingoism with patriotism. And that is a mistake.

Claire Danes
Save QuoteView Quote

America is not static. America is striving. And sometimes, America requires critique. Jingoism is an avoidance of realism. You can simultaneously love and be disappointed in the object of your love, wanting it to be better than it is. In fact, that is a measure of love. Honest critique is a pillar of patriotism.

Charles M. Blow
Save QuoteView Quote

I am unable to watch the Olympics due to the blustering jingoism that drenches the event. Has England ever been quite so foul with patriotism? The 'dazzling royals' have, quite naturally, hi-jacked the Olympics for their own empirical needs, and no oppositional voice is allowed in the free press.

Morrissey
Save QuoteView Quote

There's a school of thought today that rejects patriotism. People are made nervous by that intense allegiance to a country. They think it can only lead to war and bloodshed and that fights can be avoided if we all just compromise and get along. And, of course, compromise and getting along are great things as long as you're not sacrificing essential values. But I believe there's a line in the sand, some things that you have to be willing to stand up for, even if it means trouble. Charlie's patriotism is not blind, flag-waving jingoism: it's an intense allegiance to the American concept of liberty. He's through and through. He can talk about it and explain it. And he's shown he's willing to give everything for it. I admire him for that.

Andrew Klavan
Save QuoteView Quote

Why is it that those who want to destroy everything good about their country are the quickest to waive the national flag?

Ken Follett, Winter of the World
Save QuoteView Quote

Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism.

George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism
Save QuoteView Quote

Patriotism is a villain's last refuge.

Xiaobo Liu, June Fourth Elegies
Save QuoteView Quote

His (Lincoln's) patriotism was saved from idolatry by the overwhelming sense of the sovereignty of God.

Elton Trueblood, Abraham Lincoln: Lessons in Spiritual Leadership
Save QuoteView Quote

We take off into the cosmos, ready for anything: for solitude, for hardship, for exhaustion, death. Modesty forbids us to say so, but there are times when we think pretty well of ourselves. And yet, if we examine it more closely, our enthusiasm turns out to be all sham. We don't want to conquer the cosmos, we simply want to extend the boundaries of Earth to the frontiers of the cosmos.... We are humanitarian and chivalrous; we don't want to enslave other races, we simply want to bequeath them our values and take over their heritage in exchange. We think of ourselves as the Knights of the Holy Contact. This is another lie. We are only seeking Man. We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors. (1970 English translation)

Stanisław Lem, Solaris
Save QuoteView Quote