patriotism quotes

Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous.

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

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.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

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

I think Americans are very patriotic.

For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

‚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.‘

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

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.

So long as I’m Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you’ve served us – because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care that they need when they come home.

I’m not an ambitious person, there is no ambition in my life. I have a mission in my life. And my mission is to serve my country. And when I am working for my state, it means I am working for my country, or my nation.

The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.

Ladies and gentlemen, god bless America – land of the free, home of the brave.

One 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.

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

Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism – and wars.

You want to know whether we’re better off? I’ve got a little bumper sticker for you: Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive! Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive!

There is no place, no country, more compassionate more generous more accepting and more welcoming than the United States of America.

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

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

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

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

The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

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.

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

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

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.

There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.

There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

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

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

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

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

The American people are bigger than any president. I suppose I have faith in my country and in what it is founded on and the values we hold dear.

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.

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.

The honor of a nation is its life.

Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.

Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

For the mission’s sake, for our country’s sake, and the sake of the men who carried the Division’s colors in past battles – carry out your mission and keep your honor clean.

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

Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.

They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.

To Marines, love of liberty is not an empty phrase… Rather, it’s displayed by blood, sweat, and tears for the fallen.

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.

The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.

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

Where liberty is, there is my country.

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

One 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.

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.