Quotes about patriotic
patriotic fighting dignity
Allow us the dignity to fight for our own freedom Frederick Douglass
patriotic men looks
I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave.
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 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 greek patriotism
Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. Plutarch
patriotic names trying
Don't you dare besmirch the name of Congress. They are patriotic Americans trying to dress and feed themselves. Jon Stewart
patriotic government hands
The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend it in the legislature and in the courts of justice. John Adams
patriotic government people
The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority. George Bancroft
patriotic rights people
Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.
patriotic home blessing
Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad, greater than the bounty of our material blessings. Jimmy Carter
patriotic commitment past
We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities - not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself.
patriotic presidential disease
Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
patriotic roots guy
Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I am a very patriotic guy, in terms of my Scottishness and my roots. Robert Carlyle
patriotic consent i-can
I can never consent to being dictated to. John Tyler
patriotic class people
Millionaires are just as patriotic as poor people. The very wealthy are just as noble and patriotic as the middle class. But nothing has been asked of them in this horrendous recession. And it's time we just ask. Joe Biden
patriotic political citizens
The citizen can bring our political and governmental institutions back to life, make them responsive and accountable, and keep them honest. No one else can. John Gardner
patriotic hands storm
I know there is a God - I see the storm coming and I see his hand in it - if he has a place then I am ready - we see the hand. John F. Kennedy
patriotic pride men
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!'
patriotic past rushing
History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.
patriotic power men
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
patriotic men rights
The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.
patriotic hatred patriotism
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred toward any one. Edith Cavell
patriotic men thinking
Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive. Henry Steele Commager
patriotic patriotism honor
National honor is national property of the highest value. James Monroe
patriotic government evil
The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.
patriotic government numbers
A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. James Madison
patriotic liberty citizens
If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason.
patriotic power presidential
Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
patriotic blood europe
The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.
patriotic people constitution-of-the-united-states
The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had the right.