A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. Edward Abbey
‘My country, right or wrong’ is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying ‘My mother, drunk or sober’. Gilbert K Chesterton
For what were all these country patriots born?
To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn? Lord Byron
A man should know something of his own country too, before he goes abroad. Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Welcome to the Number One country. Welcome. Thank you for coming all the way from your little amateur junior [inaud] culture to an an actual real professional and No 1 country. Judah Friedlander: America is the Greatest Country in the United States