Patriotism means loyalty of person to his/her own nation or the leaders of nation. A patriot is a person who is on the side of his/her own nation or its leaders. Patriotism is different from nationalism. A nationalist thinks that every ethnic group should have its own nation, so nations are to serve the people. In other words, in nationalism the nation is just a tool to have freedom for an ethnic group, while in patriotism the nation itself is the highest value.