Patriotic Quotes
We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.
Yonder are the Hessians. They were bought for seven pounds and tenpence a man. Are you worth more? Prove it. Tonight the American flag floats from yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow!
I will make such a wonderful India that all Americans will stand in line to get a visa for India
It is not patriotic to decide to destroy a new president who was duly elected by an overwhelming margin. It is un-patriotic to resolve to destroy that presidency.
The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible.
A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself.
I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers.
We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights.
For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please.
The reason I'm patriotic about Scotland is because I think it's been dealt a really hard hand. It's marketed the world over as . . . haggis . . . bagpipes. But no one ever puts anything back into it.
All must admit that the reception of the teachings of Christ results in the purest patriotism, in the most scrupulous fidelity to public trust, and in the best type of citizenship.
We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.
My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has been so defined that he can see himself as patriotic, courageous, and manly only through compliance.
The greatest lesson we can learn from the past. . . is that freedom is at the core of every successful nation in the world.
Government should uphold-and not undermine-those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded: religion, education and, above all, family.
Though we are politically enemies, yet with regard to Science it is presumable we shall not dissent from the practice of civilized people in promoting it
I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.
Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything.
The best-adjusted people are the ‘psychologically patriotic,’ who are glad to be what they are.
America is a passionate idea or it is nothing. America is a human brotherhood or it is chaos.
To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
A patriotic song is an emotion and you must not embarrass an audience with it, or they will hate your guts.
Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.
The most patriotic thing you can do is to take care of the environment and try to live sustainably.
Human rights, human freedoms... and human dignity have their deepest roots somewhere outside the perceptible world... while the state is a human creation, human beings are the creation of God.
After 9/11, people all of a sudden became patriotic and showed the colors. Why did it take something bad to happen? It means something. People have died for it, and continue to do so.
I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence.
Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense.
If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
