Yekke, you can find his statement here .
Rav Kook wrote:
“???? ?????? ????? ????? ??? ??? ??????… ?????? ????? ????… ????? ?? ??? ?????? ?? ???? ????? ????? ???? ?? ????? (?????? ?? ????? ????? ?? ??? ?????). ??? ???? ???? ?????? ???? ???? (???? ??????), ????? ?????? ???? ??????? ?? ?? ?????, ???? ????? (?????) ????? ?? ?????? ?? ???? ????, ?? ????? ??????? ????? ???? ????? ????? ????? ???? ??????. ??? ????? ???? ?? ????? ?????, ??? ?????, ???? ?? ??? ????? ?????? ????? ?? ???? ?????, ?????? ?? ?? ?? ?????…” (????? ???”? ???? ???? ?’):
“…????? ???? ?????? ??? ????? ??? ?????? ???????? ?????? ??? ??? ????? ?? ??? ?????? ????? ?????? ….” (????? ????”? ??).
This was also the view of Rav Shimshon Raphael Hirsch (The Collected Writings p. 225), Rav Yaakov Emden (on Pirkei Avot 4:13), Rav David Tzvi Hoffman (Fundamentals of Judaism ed. by Rav Jacob Breuer p. 182), Maharatz Chayes, and Rav Aharon Soloveitchik (Logic of the Heart, Logic of the Mind pp. 139 and 151. According to RAS the obligation of kiddush Hashem applies because there is a “deeper ethical responsibility” (??? ???? ????? ??). This follows from the fact that we do many things even though the other nations do not like them.