--- title: "8 Inspiring patriotic Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Inspiring patriotic quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Inspiring patriotic sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a5/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_4th-of-july_we-live-in-a-new-and-exceptional-age-ame_353438.png" --- > [We live in a new and exceptional age. America is another word for Opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-live-in-a-new-and-exceptional-age-america-is-another-word-for/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a5/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_4th-of-july_we-live-in-a-new-and-exceptional-age-ame_353438.png) > [The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-d-roosevelt/the-winds-that-blow-through-the-wide-sky-in-these-mounts-the-winds/) [Franklin D. Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-d-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d41/franklin-d-roosevelt-488_4th-of-july_the-winds-that-blow-through-the-wide-sky_672264.jpg) > [One day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/one-day-we-will-spend-our-sunset-years-telling-our-children-and-our/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fb/ronald-reagan-119_american-independenc_one-day-we-will-spend-our-sunset-years-t_873939.jpg) > [Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-s-patton/wars-may-be-fought-with-weapons-but-they-are-won-by-men/) [George S. Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-s-patton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/george-s-patton-1770_4th-of-july_wars-may-be-fought-with-weapons-but-they_1381944.jpg) > [My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/my-god-how-little-do-my-countrymen-know-what-precious-blessings-they/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/thomas-jefferson-43_4th-of-july_my-god-how-little-do-my-countrymen-know_1800564.jpg) > [What is the essence of America? The essence of America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-vos-savant/what-is-the-essence-of-america-the-essence-of-america-is-finding-and/) [Marilyn vos Savant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-vos-savant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/328/marilyn-vos-savant-2806_4th-of-july_what-is-the-essence-of-america-the-essen_2071029.png) > [Freedom cannot be bestowed - it must be achieved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/freedom-cannot-be-bestowed-it-must-be-achieved/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/473/elbert-hubbard-510_4th-of-july_freedom-cannot-be-bestowed-it-must-be-ac_2386375.png) > [Of the people, by the people, for the people,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-yat-sen/of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people/) [Sun Yat-sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-yat-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/sun-yat-sen-8160_4th-of-july_of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-peop_2764780.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspiring-patriotic/#itemlist", "name": "Inspiring patriotic Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We live in a new and exceptional age. 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