# A different understanding of American patriotism

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxBerkshires
- Speaker: Deval Patrick
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/deval_patrick_a_different_understanding_of_american_patriotism)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

American democracy cannot be great until it is good, says lawyer, Harvard professor and former governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick. A self-identified patriot, Patrick stands behind the fundamental values and civic ideals that he believes make the US unique -- and outlines how the country has strayed from those same edicts. Calling for a collective patriotism free from cynicism and fatalism, Patrick underlines the urgency to reset national aspirations in order to save democracy.

## Lectures

1. [A different understanding of American patriotism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/deval_patrick_a_different_understanding_of_american_patriotism/8695a7736564), 16 min (TED's player)