patriotism quotes

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

How wonderful it is to be an American. We have known the best of times and the worst of times.

The Iraqis have become invested in their nationhood.

If you can ask a young man to give his life for his country, you can lead people.

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

Everyone, no doubt, remains first and foremost a man of his own country and continues to draw from it his motive force.

Here 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.

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

A 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.

If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.

India does not need to become anything else. India must become only India. This is a country that once upon a time was called the golden bird.

I’m a nationalist. I’m a patriot. Nothing is wrong. I’m a born Hindu. Nothing is wrong. So, I’m a Hindu nationalist, so yes, you can say I’m a Hindu nationalist because I am a born Hindu, I’m patriotic, so nothing is wrong in it.

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.

I believe with all my heart that America remains ‚the great idea‘ that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here.

We are a nation founded as a rebuke to tyranny. A nation of revolutionaries who refused sovereign reign from afar. Hear me – we’re a nation that says give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. A nation built on our differences, guided by the belief that we’re all created equal.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation – not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.

The 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.

I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.

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.

There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.

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

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

The American people are so much stronger, so much more resolved than any enemy can fully understand.

Terrorist 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.

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

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.

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.

I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That’s what I see. That’s the America I know!

I have done for my country, and for all mankind, all that I could do, and I now resign my soul, without fear, to my God – my daughter to my country.

We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.

I will never relent in defending America – whatever it takes.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

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

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

If you don’t know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.

There’s no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.

If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor.

None of us has any personal interest above the interests of the country. Our country is more important than our careers.

Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.

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.

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.

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.

Given a fair shot, given a fair chance, Americans have never, ever, ever, ever let their country down. Never. Never. Ordinary people like us. Who do extraordinary things.

We didn’t crumble after 9/11. We didn’t falter after the Boston Marathon. But we’re America. Americans will never, ever stand down. We endure. We overcome. We own the finish line.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

These are not dark days: these are great days – the greatest days our country has ever lived.

Only Americans can hurt America.

Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It’s self-defense. It’s patriotism.

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?

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

For me, America is really, truly the indispensable nation.

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.

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

We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what’s in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

Let 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.

Part 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.

When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.