Quotes about patriotic
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
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.
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.
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.
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 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
patriotic two political
I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty. James A. Garfield
patriotic america choices
Freedom is never granted. It is earned by each generation... in the face of tyranny, cruelty, oppression, extremism, sometimes there is only one choice. When the world looks to America, America looks to you, and you never let her down. Hillary Clinton
patriotic enthusiasm monopoly
Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith. Herbert Croly
patriotic exercise rights
It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights. For happily the government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction - to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens. George Washington
patriotic patriotism taxes
No one is patriotic about taxes. George Orwell
patriotic justice democracy
The words democracy, socialism, freedom, patriotic, realistic, justice have each of them several different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another.
patriotic fighting dignity
Allow us the dignity to fight for our own freedom Frederick Douglass
patriotic reflection moral-growth
A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
patriotic power greatness
Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
patriotic rights freedom-of-speech
To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.
patriotic people feel-good
Many people put a green button on their collar and feel good, just like a lot of people put an American flag on their lapels and feel patriotic. It's not enough. Frank Gehry
patriotic dragons honor
Patriotic?” Will looked smug. “I’ll tell you what’s patriotic,” he said. “In honor of my birthplace, I’ve the dragon of Wales tattooed on my— Cassandra Clare
patriotic army reason
I never joined the army for patriotic reasons. Isaac Rosenberg
patriotic
He's an American citizen, a patriotic American, ... out of the question. Joe Johnson
patriotic unions entwined
With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined. Franklin Pierce
patriotic presidential political
Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.
patriotic fighting insulting
An Englishman does everything on principle: he fights you on patriotic principles; he robs you on business principles; he enslaves you on imperial principles. George Bernard Shaw
patriotic rights pay
If you're patriotic, stand up for the Bill of Rights because once they strip your rights from you, you will pay hell to get them back. You will and we're in the process of it right now. Jesse Ventura
patriotic dragons voice
You don’t sound very patriotic,” observed Tessa. “Weren’t you just reminiscing about the mountains?” “Patriotic?” Will looked smug. “I’ll tell you what’s patriotic,” he said. “In honor of my birthplace, I’ve the dragon of Wales tattooed on my—” “You’re in a charming temper, aren’t you, William?” interrupted Jem, though there was no edge to his voice.
patriotic reason unfaithfulness
The reason I had unfaithfulness in one of my marriages is because I was too patriotic. Chris Matthews
patriotic sacrifice self
Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil which makes their graves, but have no sympathy with the spirit which may still animate their clay. Patriotism is a maggot in their heads. Henry David Thoreau
patriotic thoughtful fishing
In these sad and ominous days of mad fortune chasing, every patriotic, thoughtful citizen, whether he fishes or not, should lament that we have not among our countrymen more fishermen. Grover Cleveland
patriotic exercise different
He who takes the oath today to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States only assumes the solemn obligation which every patriotic citizen . . . should share with him. . . . Your every voter, as surely as your Chief Magistrate, under the same high sanction, though in a different sphere, exercises a public trust.
patriotic government people
When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government and expenses of its economical administration, such exaction becomes ruthless extortion and a violation of the fundamental principles of free government.