{"quotes":[{"text":"The logic behind patriotism is a mystery. At least a man who believes that his own family or clan is superior to all others is familiar with more than 0.000003% of the people involved.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["arrogance","arrogant","belief","bias","clan","country","estimate","estimated","estimation","family","funny","funny-but-true","humor","illogical","inferior","inferiority","irrational","logic","mystery","nation","nationalism","patriot","patriotic","patriotism","people","percent","percentage","pride","prideful","sarcasm","sarcastic","stat","statistic","statistics","stats","superior","superiority","true"],"id":1099,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.","author":"Herbert Hoover","tags":["america","country","patriotic","patriotism"],"id":6266,"author_id":"Herbert+Hoover"},{"text":"Oh Beautiful For A Land That's FreeWhere All Can CongregateTogether Live With No DegreeOf Bigotry And Hate.","author":"Kathy Bee","tags":["america","inspirational","inspirational","patriotic"],"id":10518,"author_id":"Kathy+Bee"},{"text":"As individuals die every moment, how insensitive and fabricated a love it is to set aside a day from selfish routine in prideful, patriotic commemoration of tragedy. Just as God is provoked by those who tithe simply because they feel that they must tithe, I am provoked by those who commemorate simply because they feel that they must commemorate.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["bandwagon","commemorate","commemoration","culture","day","death","fabrication","falsehood","god","holiday","honest","individual","insensitivity","insincere","love","lovelessness","memorial","memorial-day","memories","memory","nationalism","patriot","patriotic","patriotism","pop","pop-culture","popular","popular-culture","pride","routine","selfishness","society","tithe","tragedy","universal","vanity"],"id":41297,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Unless we can restore what George Orwell called patriotism as opposed to nationalism, we will see the rise of the far right, as is happening already in Europe.","author":"Jonathan Sacks","tags":["alt-right","far-right","nationalism","patriot","patriotic","patriotism"],"id":48568,"author_id":"Jonathan+Sacks"},{"text":"The essence of America – that which really unites us — is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion – it is an idea — and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. That it doesn’t matter where you came from but where you are going.","author":"Condoleezza Rice","tags":["inspirational","patriotic","speech"],"id":59752,"author_id":"Condoleezza+Rice"},{"text":"I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.","author":"Theodore Roosevelt","tags":["americanism","equality","freedom","independence","individuality","liberty","patriotic","patriotism","respect","self-respect"],"id":67084,"author_id":"Theodore+Roosevelt"},{"text":"The land is always there...It is you who has to return.","author":"Munia Khan","tags":["abroad","always","land","motherland","native","nativeland","patriot","patriotic","patriotism","retreat","return","soil"],"id":76331,"author_id":"Munia+Khan"},{"text":"While we tediously check our weaponry before entering into battle, do we check our hearts? For without exception, that is the greatest weapon of all.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["attitude","battle","fourth-of-july","heart","memorial-day","patriot","patriotic","patriotism","sacrifice","sacrificial","weapon","weapons"],"id":99352,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"Democracy and tyranny are not distant relatives. They’re bedfellows.”-General John JamesCommandant, USMCDecember 11th, 2032.","author":"L. Douglas Hogan","tags":["dystopian","oath-takers","patriotic","philosophy","political","tyrant"],"id":101574,"author_id":"L.+Douglas+Hogan"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":47,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}