Best 61 quotes in «patriot quotes» category

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.

All true patriots will meet in heaven.

A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.

A patriot is one who wrestles for the soul of her country as she wrestles for her own being.

As the adage goes, 'fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me'... It's time for patriots everywhere to rally together again and take back America.

He who reforms himself has done more towards reforming the public than a crowd or noisy, impotent patriots.

As I've said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis' future.

I am a patriot, and I protest speed limits by exceeding them.

A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.

I do think that when you go into red states, they're - so-called red states - I think they're troubled with certain excesses with respect to the Patriot Act, but they're also concerned with making sure we're secure against terrorism.

I consider myself a patriot, but not for the traditional reasons. I'm just really passionate about apple pie.

I don't want to weaken the Patriot Act. I want to repeal it.

I love playing football. I love playing for the Patriots.

I'm a patriot in the truest sense of the word.

I follow the Patriots, but the Steelers were my first and true love. I still have a terrible towel.

It's the reason the United States fell into the Patriot Act - because they were reacting.

In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or later have their revenge; if he treats them well, and governs them for their good, they will multiply faster than their rulers, till they claim their independence.

In terms of the Patriot Act, and all the other things he has pledged he would do, such as transparency in government,[Barack] Obama has reneged on his promises.

I think it's dawning on some Democrats that obstructing the Patriot Act, like they've been obstructing everything else, is bad for them politically.

I will not let the patriot act, the most un-patriotic of acts, go unchallenged.

Neurotics make poor patriots; if you're ashamed of something as big as yourself, it's hard to be proud of something as small as your country.

Osama bin Laden, who is a Saudi, feels himself to be a patriot because the U.S. has forces in Saudi Arabia, which is sacred because it is the land of the prophet Mohammed.

Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats, And ask no questions but the price of votes.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Only an armed people can be truly free. Only an unarmed people can ever be enslaved.

Patriotism can flourish only where racism and nationalism are given no quarter. We should never mistake patriotism for nationalism. A patriot is one who loves his homeland. A nationalist is one who scorns the homelands of others.

PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors.

Property must be secured, or liberty cannot exist.

So you see, when war comes to one’s village, one’s doorstep, it isn’t tragic and impersonal any longer. It is just an excuse to vomit private hatred. That is why I am not a great patriot.

The nation is divided, half patriots and half traitors, and no man can tell which from which.

The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.

The Patriot wears that mask EVERYWHERE! Even in the shower!

the difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.

These manly sentiments, in private life, make the good citizen; in public life, the patriot and the hero.

The true American patriot is by definition skeptical of the government.

They call me racist too just because I disagree with a President who happens to be black. You are not racists - you are patriots.

Traitors who prevail are patriots; usurpers who succeed are divine emperors.

We are in a strange period of history in which a revolutionary has to be a patriot and a patriot has to be a revolutionary.

This is 2003, 2004. And then I started - after the Patriot Act, I would always get my financial packages in the mail and they would just be opened. And it was like, what is going on here?

We are in an era where censorship is creeping back in through the Patriot Act and where people are.. being intimidated not to speak about what we should be speaking about.

While the debate on the Patriot Act is far from over, it is important that all Americans continue in this dialogue and work together to ensure greater security for our nation.

We should stop calling ourselves environmentalists - and just call ourselves patriots.

We have been through four and five generations of technology since the PATRIOT Act.

Why are the patriots the ones who don't want to spend money on trains?

I might be the hazardous waste site that polluted it, but Cape Breton Island is still my home.

Yet there comes a time in the life of a patriot when abdication would amount to a betrayal if not outright treachery.

A patriot is not someone who condones the conduct of our country whatever it does. It is someone who fights every day for the ideals of the country, whatever it takes.

Why should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away?

Fire burned in her heart, and her wounded soul spread out, casting a shadow like wings across her country.

I am suprised to a mad extent that people who claim to be intelligent and truth seeking go to church, hear their religious leaders say something, and without vetting it to a reasonable extent swallow it hook and all. Now the church has moved from speaking truth to power but has now aced her game by canvassing for politicians who have no business with God or his people. "by the use of simple propaganda even the most spiritual among us can be sold for the price of an orange," and the church is already falling into this snare. Without sentiments my prayers has been that God should raise us leaders who will futher his enterprise, leaders who will put God and the masses first. So it does not matter if it is Buhari or Jonathan, after all God used Cyrus who was a full blooded gentile(Isaiah 45 verses 1-8) to futher His cause. I strongly urge Nigerians to continue in their prayers for this Jerusalem. Left to some of our religious leaders they will even go the extent of helping God to decide who gets the votes. Let's not allow ourselves to be blinded by the curtains of religion and politics. And instead of using social media to spread bad blood and create feuds, let's encourage and spread the message of peace. Come the D day, we will go out there, vote (at least we have that right), and leave the rest to God. I am a Patriot