Sentences with phrase «patriotic fervor»
"Patriotic fervor" refers to a strong and passionate commitment or devotion that people have towards their country, expressing love, pride, and loyalty. Full definition
This religion of patriotic fervor sets Rorty against other leftisms with their «semi-conscious anti-Americanism, which they carried over from the rage of the late sixties.»
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No one knows who composed these songs, but the people sang them with patriotic fervor in much the same mood that now prompts Americans to sing «The Star - Spangled Banner.»
All across the country, the events of September 11 and the ongoing terrorist threat have inspired a renewed spirit of patriotism in this country — and nowhere is that patriotic fervor more evident than in our nation's schools.
America has a long history of politics, pulpit, and nationalistic / patriotic fervor often overlapping.
Sports enthusiasts are expected to perform the ritual on a daily basis almost, and as a result even a star singer blowing out her lungs in Yankee Stadium stirs up not patriotic fervor but impatience with the game's delay.
Like many teenage boys filled with patriotic fervor during the war, Cherchi lied about his age, saying he was 18 instead of 17 so he could enlist in the army.
The film accurately reflects the WW11 patriotic fervor of Audie Murphy.
Despite a wave of patriotic fervor washing over the country during the past year, most Americans expect schools to teach children the bad as well as the good about U.S. history and government, a survey by Public Agenda reveals.
Charity Girl examines one of the darkest periods in our history, when patriotic fervor and fear led to devastating consequences.
And as we struggle to be faithful in our own times of patriotic fervor, national idolatries and warmaking, we also need to grapple with Bonhoeffer's complex relationship to his own country.
All across the country, the events of September 11 and the ongoing terrorist threat have inspired a surge of patriotism in this country — and nowhere is that patriotic fervor more evident than in our nation's schools.
In a time of patriotic fervor, it may take a measure of courage to be in a minority advocating nonviolent resistance, but the advocates of that course are also comfortably refusing the call to service with its risk of killing or of being killed.
Coupled with the deep religious difference was patriotic fervor.
They don't interpret the striking new support for right - wing parties as expressions of patriotic fervor, but instead see patriotic rhetoric as a front for, at best, economic frustration, but more often racism and xenophobia.
In his latest volume Coover debunks America's patriotic fervor and its quasi-religious sense of destiny.
In his latest book, Coover debunks America's patriotic fervor and its quasi-religious sense of destiny.
He made the observation as he angrily resigned membership of the party that he helped formed and nurtured, with the patriotic fervor to make it a genuine party of the people and of social democratic reforms.
49th Parallel is a British wartime entreaty for Empire solidarity, concentrating on rousing the patriotic fervor of the citizens of Canada.
In a powerful novel that skillfully overlays its tragic love story with pointed social commentary, Rash effortlessly summons the rugged Appalachian landscape as well as the xenophobia of a country in the grip of patriotic fervor.
The true fear, anticipation and patriotic fervor of all the characters (of the French and German people both) was so human and believable.
Artist - illustrators such as James Montgomery Flagg and Joseph Pennell created government - sponsored posters to stir up support and patriotic fervor.