Quotes about patriot
patriotic fighting our-world
This mass terrorism is the new evil in our world today. It is perpetrated by fanatics who are utterly indifferent to the sanctity of human life, and we the democracies of this world are going to have to come together and fight it together. Tony Blair
patriotic eye dust
Into the cultural and technological system of the modern world, the patriotic spirit fits like dust in the eyes and sand in the bearings. Its net contribution to the outcome is obscuration, distrust, and retardation at every point where it touches the fortunes of modern mankind. Thorstein Veblen
patriotic rights citizens
It will be the duty of the Executive, with sufficient appropriations for the purpose, to prosecute unsparingly all who have been engaged in depriving citizens of the rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution. Rutherford B. Hayes
patriotic president resolve
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. Russ Feingold
patriotic debt pennies
I will always vote what I have promised, and always vote the Constitution, as well as I will not vote for one single penny that isn't paid for, because debt is the monster, debt is what's going to eat us up and that is why our economy is on the brink. Ron Paul
patriotic identity cinema
American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis. Tom Hooper
patriotic differences humane
The difference between that which is humane and that which is patriotic is a vital difference. Toni Morrison
patriotic people ignorant
No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders. Samuel Adams
patriotic fire despair
Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it. Samuel Adams
patriotic exercise long
Can't wait for tomorrow when I get to exercise my patriotic duty as an American: Complaining about how long it's taking to VOTE. Stephen Colbert
patriotic simple humanity
I advance in life, I grow more simple, and I become more and more patriotic for humanity. Victor Hugo
patriotic return needs
You know, capital isnt patriotic. Capital goes to where it needs to go to get a return. Steve Stivers
patriotic soldier patriotism
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. Stanley Milgram
patriotism want versions
Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't. Todd Gitlin
patriotic support troops
Don't apologize for being patriotic. Support the troops Toby Keith
patriotism patriotism-and-nationalism nationalism
I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism. Michael Ignatieff
patriotic patriot filibuster
I will not let the patriot act, the most un-patriotic of acts, go unchallenged. Rand Paul
patriotic america presidential
The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. So when you study abroad, you're actually helping to make America stronger. Michelle Obama
patriotic reflection government
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. John Quincy Adams
patriotic flags wave
Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? John Wayne
patriot economic barack
Barack Obama is an economic patriot. Ted Strickland
patriotic issues safety
Conservation is a great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the nation. Theodore Roosevelt
patriotic men ignorant
It is necessary for the welfare of the nation that men's lives be based on the principles of the Bible. No man, educated or uneducated, can afford to be ignorant of the Bible. Theodore Roosevelt
patriotic men asking-permission
No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it. Theodore Roosevelt
patriotic equality men
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. Theodore Roosevelt
patriotic hands class
The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others. Theodore Roosevelt
patriotic practice indulge-in
In practice, US officials seem to know better than to indulge in the patriotic myth that our constitution is the greatest system of government ever devised. Matthew Yglesias
patriotic consent i-can
I can never consent to being dictated to. John Tyler
patriotic passion government
The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the Government. They create offices by their own votes and then seek to fill them themselves. James K. Polk
patriotic president leisure
No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure. James K. Polk
patriotic voting slavery
Where annual elections end where slavery begins. John Quincy Adams
patriotic pyramids honor
[I began to unload] the pyramid of honors, civic and literary, which had been heaped on me by the headlong process of rewarding a popular success. One day, I sat down and wrote a wholesale lot of letters of resignation. When I finished, I didn't belong to a single authors club or patriotic society. I was myself again, whatever that was. Mary Antin
patriotic men people
I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor. Martin Van Buren