the difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment. — Sidney Sheldon Copy Share Image
A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first best country ever is at home. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
One can be a patriot, you know, without making one's wife join the breadline. — Jean Anouilh Copy Share Image
“Brains drain from the country when the country drains from the brain.” — Tamerlan Kuzgov Copy Share Image
My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We are in a strange period of history in which a revolutionary has to be a patriot and a patriot has to… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
My definition of patriotism is that it is unconscionable for you to disrespect the flag. You can be a patriot and challenge… — Emily Compagno Copy Share Image
“It’s not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it’s the most patriotic thing we can do.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Let me be clear: It's not that I'm not a patriot because I want to keep flag-burning legal, it's that I want… — Kat Timpf Copy Share Image
Pope Francis is going to go to Washington, D.C., to address Congress. He believes the New England Patriots have been deflating his… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Today it is becoming harder to speak out, with the inception of the Patriot Act, the president has legislated free speech to… — Frank Serpico Copy Share Image
The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cultivated, laws ordained, and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Louis XVI started to die on June 21st 1791. For his flight tore away the veil of that false constitutional monarchy, and… — Francois Furet Copy Share Image
Among the many interesting objects which will engage your attention that of providing for the common defense will merit particular regard. To… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility and out of self interest for himself, his family, and the future… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
In testimony of their Respect For The Patriot of incorruptible Integrity, The Soldier of approved Valour The Statesman of consummate Wisdom; Whose… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Depressive lucidity, usually described as a radical withdrawal from ordinary human concerns, generally manifests itself by a profound indifference to things which… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
Against the vast majority of my countrymen, even at this moment, in the name of humanity and civilization, I protest against our… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
To be patriotic is to be able to question government policy in times of crisis. To be patriotic is to stand up… — Sami Al-Arian Copy Share Image
The American people were, in the beginning, Revolutionaries and Tories. The American people ever since have been Revolutionaries and Tories. They have… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
There are courageous and honest men enough in both sections to fight. There is no question of courage involved. The people of… — Robert Toombs Copy Share Image
Patriotism, or the peculiar relation of an individual to his country, is like the family instinct. In the child it is a… — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
Part of the problem with extreme patriotism is that it makes the support of one's country and its policies unconditional. Moderate patriots,… — Stephen Nathanson Copy Share Image
I've seen a lot of patriots and they all died just like anybody else if it hurt bad enough and once they… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
What is the price-current of an honest man and patriot to-day? They hesitate, and they regret, and sometimes they petition; but they… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I am a fierce patriot, and I try to be outspoken about my beliefs. — Martha Plimpton Copy Share Image
“It is better to die as a patriot than to live having abandoned one's country.” — F. A. (Frederick Arthur) Mckenzie Copy Share Image
I'm a Democrat for the reinforcement of the Patriot Act. It's not strong enough. — Haim Saban Copy Share Image
I have long feared that my sins would return to visit me. And the cost is more than I can bear. — Benjamin Martin Copy Share Image
You're not a patriot unless even when you lose, it's still your country. — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party of bandits — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am a patriot, but I must say that English poetry is the richest in the world. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“Sorry, but when anyone self-applies the label of "patriot" I gag a little.” — T.J. Kirk Copy Share Image
