“Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.”– Robert Walpole Related Quotes “Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. When you’re willing to stand up within the group and say, ‘It is wrong for Black people to be anti-Semitic,’ or ‘It is wrong for America to discriminate against persons of African descent and made them slaves and based its wealth upon free labor,’ it’s crucial to say that.”– Henry Louis Gates “There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.”– Bruce Springsteen “Unfortunately, our history has abundant examples of patriotism being used to hurt those who express views in disagreement with that of the majority.”– Vic Snyder