Patriot Quotes · Page 6

The true American patriot is by definition skeptical of the government.

— Sarah Vowell

These manly sentiments, in private life, make the good citizen; in public life, the patriot and the hero.

— James Otis

We shall pay any price, bear any burden, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

— John F. Kennedy

When I think about the Patriot Way, I think about a team.

— Devin McCourty

I prefer people to see me as an Ivorian and as a patriot.

— Didier Drogba

The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.

— Stonewall Jackson

It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot.

— Robert Walpole

I will continue to be critical of the system. Every honest patriot continues to fight against it.

— Mikis Theodorakis

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place…

— Theodore Roosevelt

What really counts is not the immediate act of courage or of valor, but those who bear the struggle day in and…

— John F. Kennedy

If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original…

— Alexander Hamilton

When I was 16, I was in a film called 'The Patriot.' I spent every second I could on the set watching…

— Gregory Smith

The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men.

— Alexander Hamilton

I'm a patriot, and I think democracy is the best system available. It's very flawed, but it works better than anything else.

— Jay Roach

Baseball has done more to move America in the right direction than all of the professional patriots with all their cheap words.

— Monte Irvin

When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, 'Do you think I'm Charlie the…

— Bill Parcells

Clean hearts and healthful food, exercise, early sleep and fresh air, wholesome recreation and meditation combined with optimism that comes from fighting…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Since losing his reelection in 2002, Barr has lost not only his power but also many of his friends. It doesn't help…

— Wil S. Hylton

I'm going to say the New England Patriots fans [biggest winner of the year 2015]. I mean - bring it on. Bring…

— Steve Kornacki

I feel like I've had a strong relationship with Robert [Kraft] and his family since I was here in 1996 and I…

— Bill Belichick

We are a nation of laws and liberties, not of a knock in the night. So it is time to end the…

— John F. Kerry

True patriots believe that freedom from responsibility is selfishness, freedom from sacrifice is cowardice, freedom from tolerance is prejudice, freedom from stewardship…

— Eric Liu

I live for the Red Sox. I thoroughly enjoy them. For whatever reason, baseball has been a lot more fun for me…

— Doug Flutie

True patriots believe that we should measure a citizen's worth by contribution to country and community, not by wealth or power-that those…

— Eric Liu

I feel myself always the patriot of all oppressed fatherlands. Nationality is a historic, local fact which, like all real and harmless…

— Mikhail Bakunin

I have my fears. Yet, notwithstanding the complicated difficulties that rise before us, there is no receding; and I should blush if…

— Mercy Otis Warren

“These men of the special forces have had other optinos in their lives, other paths, easier paths they could have taken. But…

— Marcus Luttrell

Deep patriots don't just sing the song, 'America the Beautiful' and then go home. We actually stick around to defend America’s beauty…

— Van Jones

Whoop it up for liberty! After Ireland is free, says the patriot who won't touch socialism, we will protect all classes, and…

— James Connolly

“Patriotism is a thing difficult to put into words. It is neither precisely an emotion nor an opinion, nor a mandate, but…

— Vera Nazarian

It is the quality of patriotism to be jealous and watchful, to observe all secret machinations, and to see publick dangers at…

— Samuel Johnson

What country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve its liberties if their…

— Thomas Jefferson

Nearly 75,000 Demand Progress members have urged Congress to fix the Patriot Act.

— Aaron Swartz

I will not counter the insanity of the PATRIOT Act with an overblown fear of my rights being taken away.

— Penn Jillette

We are patriots in my family, we are believers in America, we're believers in democracy.

— Susan Rice

He who reforms himself has done more towards reforming the public than a crowd or noisy, impotent patriots.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

I believe the Patriot Act strikes the right balance needed to protect our freedom and security.

— Bill Owens

I'm a huge patriot, and what holds a lot of value for me is to be part of Team U.S.A.

— Mike Schultz

I am an old-fashioned, honest-to-goodness, flag waving patriot.

— John Wayne

National honor is national property of the highest value.

— James Monroe