Ladies and gentlemen, god bless America – land of the free, home of the brave.
Dave Grohl‚My country, right or wrong‘ is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying ‚My mother, drunk or sober.‘
Gilbert K. ChestertonIf there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.
Thomas JeffersonI believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.
Barack ObamaGold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.
Abraham LincolnThe path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.
John F. KennedyThe Iraqis have become invested in their nationhood.
Joe BidenEveryone, no doubt, remains first and foremost a man of his own country and continues to draw from it his motive force.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinThere is no plausible theory under which the record of the Pentagon Papers can be interpreted as relating to the national defense.
Noam ChomskySome have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror.
George W. BushPatriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
George Bernard ShawAmericans play to win at all times. I wouldn’t give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That’s why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.
George S. PattonPart of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.
Douglas MacArthurFighting corruption is not just good governance. It’s self-defense. It’s patriotism.
Joe BidenI like America, just as everybody else does. I love America, I gotta say that. But America will be judged.
Bob DylanOne thing I just want to say to the military families – while you might not wear a uniform, I know – we all know, the nation knows – that you serve and sacrifice right alongside of your loved ones. And we are so grateful and proud of all of you for your service to this nation.
Michelle ObamaI have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow.
Richard M. NixonA man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over… is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen.
Gilbert K. ChestertonPatriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Samuel JohnsonIt was an act of patriotism when we worked to pass a law allowing the prosecution of federal hate crimes in the name of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd.
Kamala HarrisHoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power.
Clint EastwoodI should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.
Albert CamusI was a Marine for 41 years, and it wasn’t long enough. We enjoy putting on that uniform.
Jim MattisIf you can ask a young man to give his life for his country, you can lead people.
Robert KiyosakiI can assure you that my first and foremost interest is my country.
Fidel CastroI suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I’ve done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?
Douglas MacArthurThe honor of a nation is its life.
Alexander HamiltonOne of the great attractions of patriotism – it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what’s more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.
Aldous HuxleyThese are not dark days: these are great days – the greatest days our country has ever lived.
Winston ChurchillPatriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
Oscar WildeIf ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly and lone and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.
Abraham LincolnWho serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
VoltairePatriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.
Arthur SchopenhauerI have always reckoned the dignity of the republic of first importance and preferable to life.
Julius CaesarThere is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.
Dwight D. EisenhowerWhen trouble breaks out, our men and women in uniform, they don’t just sit around thinking about it or talking about it – they act. They put on that uniform. They leave their loved ones behind. They go out there. They give orders. They follow orders. They do whatever it takes to keep our country safe.
Michelle ObamaThe spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.
Thomas JeffersonTo Marines, love of liberty is not an empty phrase… Rather, it’s displayed by blood, sweat, and tears for the fallen.
Jim MattisI think Americans are very patriotic.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerI think I’m one of the most patriotic people that I’ve ever encountered in America. I consider myself a bedrock patriot. I participate very actively in local politics, because my voice might be worthwhile. I participate in a meaningful way – not by donations; I work at it.
Hunter S. ThompsonWe are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don’t forget it.
Joe BidenIt is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.
Abraham LincolnThe mystic cords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the angels of our nature.
Abraham LincolnA man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.
Theodore RooseveltStanding as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.
Abraham LincolnEach nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism – and wars.
Dale CarnegieLoyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.
Mark TwainPatriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Bertrand RussellThis generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
Franklin D. RooseveltThe army is the true nobility of our country.
Napoleon BonaparteTerrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
George W. BushPatriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark TwainDuty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
Douglas MacArthurAmericans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.
Richard M. NixonHere at home, when Americans were standing in long lines to give blood after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, we squandered an obvious opportunity to make service a noble cause again, and rekindle an American spirit of community.
Joe BidenHeroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism – how passionately I hate them!
Albert EinsteinAmerica was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
Harry S. TrumanTo make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
Edmund BurkeThe American people are so much stronger, so much more resolved than any enemy can fully understand.
Joe BidenLet every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
John F. Kennedy