Patriotism : (47) " I think there are few things more patriotic than taking the time to make your country a better place. " - Michael Moore " I grew up a daughter of a United States Marine, a daughter of a man so proud to be an American. " - Tammy Duckworth " I hate patriotism… I can’t stand it. It’s a round world last time I checked. " - Bill Hicks " I don’t think a lot of people are able to relate to genuine patriotism, a genuinely good feeling about our country and its meaning to the rest of the world. " - Christopher McCulloch " When I grew up, I only had two dreams. One was to be a cowboy and another was to be in the military. I grew up extremely patriotic and riding horses. " - Chris Kyle " Martin Luther King Jr. was a Southern, conservative minister who believed in the American promise. His dream was patriotic and traditional. Family, work, self-determination and religion comprised his core values. " - Jason Whitlock " It would be doing me great injustice to think that I have any feeling of indifference to my country; I have more reason than anyone to feel, every day of my life, the value of the blood which flows in my veins, and it is only from prudence that at times I abstain from showing how proud I am of it. " - Marie Antoinette " I’d love to serve my country. I would love it. " - Rob Lowe " I will continue to be critical of the system. Every honest patriot continues to fight against it. " - Mikis Theodorakis " Our fathers knew that the flag was never intended to protect any man who wanted to assail it. " - Robert Green Ingersoll