Patriotic Quotes · Page 10

When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.

— Benjamin Franklin

The people cannot be all, and always well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance…

— Thomas Jefferson

A ruling intelligentsia, whether in Europe, Asia or Africa, treats the masses as raw material to be experimented on, processed, and wasted…

— Eric Hoffer

I just bought a Jeep painted like an American flag. No one better question how patriotic I am.

— Blake Anderson

My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on…

— Thomas Jefferson

America is a passionate idea or it is nothing. America is a human brotherhood or it is chaos.

— Max Lerner

It takes a long time to turn a big country around. Just be of good cheer and keep working on it.

— Anonymous

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

— Calvin Coolidge

There will be trying times during Obama's presidency, and liberty will need staunch defenders. Can Obama reshape liberalism to be, as it…

— Anonymous

For no People will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can they easily be subdued, where Knowledge is diffusd and Virtue preservd .…

— Samuel Adams

Government should uphold-and not undermine-those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded: religion, education and, above…

— Ronald Reagan

We must recognize the fundamental rights of man. There can be no true national life in our democracy unless we give unqualified…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy…

— Ulysses S. Grant

Our conflict is not likely to cease so soon as every good man would wish. The measure of iniquity is not yet…

— George Washington

It is not patriotic to decide to destroy a new president who was duly elected by an overwhelming margin. It is un-patriotic…

— Russ Feingold

Nationalism and patriotism are two sides of the same coin, and the most nationalistic / patriotic country in the last 300 years…

— Gene Weingarten

However, displayed right alongside all the Confederate flag paraphernalia is a bunch of American flag merch – American flag place mats, patriotic…

— Sarah Vowell

I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: 'Here lies Jack Williams. He done his…

— Harry S. Truman

I find it very difficult to relate to India's new middle class. This very patriotic and neoliberal group that mixes religion and…

— Sarnath Banerjee

“But one way or another, it is insulting to the Founders’ memory to associate any patriotic feelings you have for the memory…

— Maggie McNeill

At a certain point in history monuments became associated with kitsch, (it had never previously been so) and one might well ask…

— Gillo Dorfles

And one more idea which may be laughed and sneered at in some supposedly sophisticated circles, but I just have to believe…

— Ronald Reagan

I have a simple answer to any American patriot who claims that there is no conflict between his love of country and…

— Jonah Goldberg

I auditioned in Chicago for Juilliard and didn't get in. I was basically living in a back room of my parents' house,…

— Adam Driver

You know, capital isn't patriotic. Capital goes to where it needs to go to get a return.

— Steve Stivers

I can't see how a single man could spend his time to better advantage than in the Marines.

— Dan Dailey

An Englishman does everything on principle: he fights you on patriotic principles; he robs you on business principles; he enslaves you on…

— George Bernard Shaw

I think that, in almost all human beings, there is buried a profound tribal instinct that makes us very susceptible to being…

— Adam Hochschild

“I am patriotic. When the Pledge of Allegiance is going on, I solemnly place my right hand over my genitals.”

— Jarod Kintz

A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician…

— Harry S. Truman

I don't want [to work] people who agree with me. I want honest, spirited, hard-working, patriotic people who want to be part…

— Hillary Clinton

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.

— Benjamin Franklin

“All the propagandist like FIFA, ICC, Olympics are hypnotizing you to be radical patriotic in the name of sports.”

— Anup Joshi

Most human organizations that fall short of their goals do so not because of stupidity or faulty doctrines, but because of internal…

— James A. Garfield

We have to love our freedom, not just for the private opportunities it provides, but for the goodness it makes possible.

— John McCain

Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.

— Benjamin Franklin

I'd like to say is that I am a patriotic, loyal American. I love my country and the values that it stands…

— Steve King

I'm very patriotic. So, anything to represent my country, I was always going to grab that opportunity with both hands.

— Leah Williamson

“You will generally observe that, of all Americans, your foreign-born citizens are the most patriotic - especially toward the Fourth of July.”

— Herman Melville

We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.

— Hubert H. Humphrey