"The love of one’s country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?" ― Pablo Casals Topic(s): Patriotism More From Pablo Casals "Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it." "The art of interpretation is not to play what is written." More In Patriotism "I receive huge support from Irish and British sports fans alike and it is greatly appreciated. Likewise I feel I have a great affinity with the American sports fans. I play most of my golf in the U.S. nowadays and I am incredibly proud to have won the U.S. Open and U.S. PGA Championship in the last two years."― Rory McIlroy "What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends."― Ambrose Bierce "Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name."― Ambrose Bierce