Since its enactment in the weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks, the tools in the Patriot Act have been used by… — Jim Gerlach 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
You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world.... We are not a nation, so… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
A very few, as heroes, patriots, martyrs, reformers in the great sense, and men, serve the state with their conscience also, and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The British are coming, the British are coming! Mr. President! We need the National Guard! We need as many men as you… — Shannon Sharpe Copy Share Image
Above all, we should acknowledge that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a major geopolitical disaster of the century. As for… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“Unless we can restore what George Orwell called patriotism as opposed to nationalism, we will see the rise of the far right,… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
The Patriot Act, passed overwhelmingly but hastily after 9/11, allows the FBI to obtain telecommunication, financial, and credit records without a court order. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
I'm a Democrat for the reinforcement of the Patriot Act. It's not strong enough. — Haim Saban Copy Share Image
Patriots is quite simple; there's seven continents in the world, if you had to sacrifice one continent and make it six would… — Sam Worthington Copy Share Image
My job is to make sure that, as President, people understand that in this country you can worship any way you choose.… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country; who, as an agent… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
No, I’m not an American. I’m one of 22 million black people who are the victims of Americanism. One of the …… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Patriot Act closed dangerous gaps in America's law enforcement and intelligence capabilities, gaps that terrorists exploited when they attacked us. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
One of the first items of Congressional business in 2006 will be an effort to renew the USA Patriot Act. — Roger Wicker Copy Share Image
The shame of the U.S.S. Liberty incident is that our sailors were treated as though they were enemies, rather than the patriots… — James Abourezk Copy Share Image
A Patriot is someone who stands for his country always, and for his government when it is deserved. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
These are the things which might conceivably and truly make men forgive their enemies. We can only turn hate to love by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Lesson number one in trying to develop the ability of independent thought: Understand that EVERYTHING the government says has the potential to… — Derek R. Audette Copy Share Image
To paraphrase a deceased patriot, I regret that I have only one life to give to my fly-fishing. — John D. Voelker Copy Share Image
The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There's a former head of… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image