Famous Quotes & Sayings

Colin Powell

You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.

Dick Morris

No true patriot could be for Ron Paul.

Andrew Johnson

It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.

Andrew Jackson

Elevate those guns a little lower.

Andrew Jackson

Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

Andrew Jackson

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

Ambrose Bierce

Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.

Ambrose Bierce

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

Ambrose Bierce

Patriotism: The first resort of a scoundrel.

Abraham Lincoln

We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.

Ann Coulter

Liberals don't mind discussing who is more patriotic if patriotism is defined as redistributing income and vetoing the Pledge of Allegiance. Only if patriotism is defined as supporting America do they get testy and drone on about 'McCarthyism.'

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I think Americans are very patriotic.

Benjamin Franklin

Security without liberty is called prison.

Benjamin Franklin

When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.

Barbara Ehrenreich

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

John Avlon

One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism.

Brian Aldiss

Relax, enjoy yourself. Have another drink. It's patriotic to overconsume.

Al Sharpton

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

David Brooks

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.

Chester A. Arthur

Men may die, but the fabrics of free institutions remains unshaken.

Chester A. Arthur

I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business.

Charles Farrar Browne

We can't all be Washingtons, but we can all be patriots.

Bill Maher

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

Mark Cuban

In these times of the 'Great Recession', we shouldn't be trying to shift the benefits of wealth behind some curtain. We should be celebrating and encouraging people to make as much money as they can. Profits equal tax money. While some people might find it distasteful to pay taxes, I don't. I find it patriotic.

Mark Cuban

While some people might find it distasteful to pay taxes, I don't. I find it patriotic.

Thomas Jefferson

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.

Madeleine Albright

The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.

Bill O'Reilly

They established their patriotic credentials long ago, and are either supportive of the Bush agenda or know when to keep their traps shut.

Benjamin Harrison

Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.

Carolyn Wells

Patriotism covers a multitude of sins.

Art Linkletter

Posterity is the patriotic name for grandchildren.

Dwayne Johnson

I'm more patriotic than I am political - I appreciate politics but I'm not quite too sure if that's a road I'm willing to go down.

Indira Gandhi

We would rather starve than sell our national honor.