Abhishek Bachchan

I really believe at the end of the day, regardless of how noble you are or how patriotic the film might be, it has to serve as entertainment in order for your audiences to come into the theatre and watch it. Otherwise, audiences will wait and see it a few months later when it is premiered on television.

Indian Actor

Tommy Lee Jones

The tactic of leading people into... a war that doesn't make any sense by telling them they are under attack, and if they raise any objection they're unpatriotic, is a very old tactic. And it doesn't intimidate me.

American Actor

Jesse Ventura

All of us should have free choice when it comes to patriotic displays... a government wisely acting within its bounds will earn loyalty and respect from its citizens. A government dare not demand the same.

American Politician

James Madison

If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason.

American President

Stephen Miller

Getting a chance to see good, decent, patriotic people who just want to have self-determination is something for which I will be grateful for the rest of my life.

American Public Servant

Henry A. Wallace

They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead.

American Vice President

Marion Marechal-Le Pen

The life of a female politician makes it hard to combine personal life and work, but I think it is almost a patriotic duty to have children.

French Politician

Maya Soetoro-Ng

My brother loves this country deeply. He has laid down roots, and he has always been incredibly patriotic and committed to this country.

American Educator

Abby Wambach

I'm fiercely patriotic, and the flag and the anthem is something that I really, really respect.

American Athlete

Andrea Leadsom

It would be helpful if broadcasters were willing to be a bit patriotic.

British Politician

Patriotic carries a positive feeling, suggesting admiration and pride for one's country.

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Patriotic is often used to describe actions or sentiments that express strong emotions for one's country.

Emotional Expression

Being patriotic can mean different things in different cultures, usually tied to national customs or values.

Cultural Context

 and image my own life. Imagine history being taught differently. Remember that children's book where you shake and the sexuality of the parents change? I have another idea. It's a children's book about Indian independence -- very patriotic. But when you shake it, you get Pakistan's perspective.

Shake up your story PIPE...

 for many Asian populations in the US. But the truth behind this story of thriving Asian Americans is much more complicated. During World War II, the US government tried to “Americanize” incarcerated Japanese Americans. They did this through English language classes, patriotic exercises,

Can stereotypes ever be...

 so much love and so much compassion. And then as I went around the country after that and felt the fear -- the fear that was leading to people feeling they couldn't worry about the environment any more, in case they seemed not to be patriotic -- and I was trying to encourage them,

What separates us from...

 Responses to that question are wide-ranging. Some, including tribal leaders and Borglum’s great-granddaughter, have called for Mount Rushmore to be removed. Others see it as an important patriotic symbol and vital aspect of South Dakota's economy that should remain.

The dark history of...

 of slavery and white supremacy into a patriotic defense of the Constitution. The Civil War had devastated the country, leaving those who had supported the Confederacy grasping to justify their actions. Many pro-Confederate writers, political leaders, and others

Debunking the myth of...

 all positively patriotic and hopeful about their country but after such a difficult year their words and their tones are much less upbeat today having grown up in Iran where the youth strive to dream in the face of oppression this

How the Afghan youth are...

 Eggs with legs. Sometimes you just have to photograph whatever's right in front of you. You don't really have to try so hard. That's kind the way I worked everywhere I went. You know if they took me to a patriotic flag factory,

A Rare Look Into the...

 in order to advance his viewpoint. So it's almost become, like, that the core question of our time now Can you be patriotic but also have a global mindset? Are these two things implacably opposed to each other?

Political common ground...

 And however we define atheism, it's surely the kind of academic belief that a person is entitled to hold without being vilified as an unpatriotic, unelectable non-citizen.

Militant atheism PIPE...

 Now, put yourself in their shoes. Are they brutal killers or patriotic defenders? Which one?

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