Best 329 quotes in «patriotic quotes» category

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner!'

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice.

Americans are hungering to feel proud and patriotic again.

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.

And don't think that by eating freedom fries you are being patriotic and helping the war effort. Use less gasoline, read a newspaper. You know what, how about we cool it with the freedom fries anyway you fat asses. We're the fattest country in the world. Have you ever walked around an American mall? It's nothing but chick fillets and Lane Bryant track suits busting at the seams.

And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. But more than that: After 200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true on the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home.

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.

Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense.

All secret oath-bound political parties are dangerous to any nation, no matter how pure or how patriotic the motives and principles which first bring them together.

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.

A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reform. It does not haggle over expenditures for armaments and military equipment. It pays without discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing for the syndicates of financiers and manufacturers for whom patriotic terrors are an abundant source of gain.

As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives, who ever sought forgiveness for their trespasses, to join in rehabilitating all the casualties of the tragic conflict of the past.

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.

At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.

Certainly these are not easy times. But history does not contain very many easy times. Years from now, we will look back at this moment--when we worked to reclaim our country--and our children will ask us how we contributed to this mighty undertaking. Our story should be one of patriotic people who beat back the onslaught of radicalism with courage and commitment.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

Donald Trump tried to set up this debate where it was going to be globalists vs. nationalists, and the Republicans were going to be the nationalists. But, if anything, the Democrats looked more patriotic and more nationalist at the end of these two.

Don't apologize for being patriotic. Support the troops

Don't confuse being 'soft' with seeing the other guy's point of view.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

As a loyal American and I think a patriotic American, no, I don't want Sarah Palin to be president.

A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself.

Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.

Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and... in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and happy.

Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost, a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

Every great panic we have ever had has been foreshadowed by a general decline in observance of religious principles.

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both.

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.

For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?

For one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all of the people on this earth are truly one. One in their pride at what you have done, one in our prayers that you will return safely to earth.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

Freedom cannot be bestowed - it must be achieved.

From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.

For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants.

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.

Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn't affect two-thirds of the people of the world.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

General [John] Pope is impulsive and hasty, but energetic, and, what is of most importance, patriotic and sound--perfectly sound.I look for good results.

Greenspan advised the American people to buy - he repeated the old mantra: 'spending is patriotic'. He also managed to convince them that if they did not have the money, that shouldn't stop them. They would 'pay later'. To a certain extent he was correct, we are all having to 'pay later'... we may even never stop paying.

Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.

He loves his country best who strives to make it best.

I am a simple vessel with complex overtones, opinionated on occasions but willing to listen. Comfortable with reclusiveness and devoted to privacy and family. Patriotic to a fault and allergic to cruelty, ignorance and bad music.

I am not one who - who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around.