It 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.

When the President does it, that means that it’s not illegal.

Law is always better than war.

The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don’t forget it.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

I’d read up on the history of our country and I’d become fascinated with the story of the Alamo. To me it represented the fight for freedom, not just in America, but in all countries.

How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.

There is no room for military people, including our veterans, to see themselves as victims, even if so many of our countrymen are prone to relish that role.

Hoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power.

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.

I pay a lot of tax, and I feel, one of the reasons I stay and pay why I’m not based in Monaco… I think my country helped me.

Freedom is a man’s natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

Law, without force, is impotent.

Standing 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.

Law is mind without reason.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.

I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.

I can assure you that my first and foremost interest is my country.

Our love, our gratitude, our admiration for our men and women in uniform, our veterans and their families – all of that is bigger than any one party or any one election.

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

Americans 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.

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else – I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another.

I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.

I like America, just as everybody else does. I love America, I gotta say that. But America will be judged.

Whoever won’t fight when the President calls him, deserves to be kicked back in his hole and kept there.

To live outside the law, you must be honest.

I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem – and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?

We have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, ‚We, the people.‘

Where liberty is, there is my country.

Americans 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.

The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.

Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I’m going to Viet Nam’s aid!

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

We can have no ’50-50′ allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.

Only Americans can hurt America.

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap – let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling books, and in almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice.

When 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.

I 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.

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.

The worst evil of disregard for some law is that it destroys respect for all law.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.

‚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.‘

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important.

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to make the law free.

Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is.

You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

The honor of a nation is its life.

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

I was a Marine for 41 years, and it wasn’t long enough. We enjoy putting on that uniform.

I have always reckoned the dignity of the republic of first importance and preferable to life.

I 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?

If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.

I carry the flag of Ireland all the time. I want to represent my country.