That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
While some people might find it distasteful to pay taxes, I don't. I find it patriotic. — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief. — George Washington Copy Share Image
I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have. — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
“Freedom is more than just a patriotic concept; it is the purest intent of our design. Be you. Be free. Be nice.” — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
To be patriotic, hate all nations but your own; to be religious, all sects but your own; to be moral, all pretenses… — Lionel Strachey Copy Share Image
My notion of the KGB came from romantic spy stories. I was a pure and utterly successful product of Soviet patriotic education. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice and the truth in front of patriotic… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I mean, the notion that we must love everything in this country or get out and go someplace else is ridiculous. I… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
I don't think the United States needs superpatriots. We need patriotism, honestly practiced by all of us, and we don't need these… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression. Too often sinister threats… — Adlai Stevenson I Copy Share Image
Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Hispanic values are conservative values. Hispanics are highly religious, they're very strongly pro-traditional family... not only pro-family, but also pro-life. They are… — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
The things that the flag stands for were created by the experiences of a great people. Everything that it stands for was… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Loyal and substansial Catholic service on the battlefield undermined one of the most longstanding objections to emancipation: namely, that since Catholics owed… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
I think Americans are really patriotic people, so patriotism is something they can understand. I'm very patriotic about Brazil, my country, and… — Jose Aldo Copy Share Image
Among the elementary measures the American government will adopt to further the cultural revolution are the following: the schools, colleges, and universities… — William Z. Foster Copy Share Image
They have always taught and trained you to believe it to be your patriotic duty to go to war and to have… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
It was in the 1960s that the left convinced itself that there is something fascistic about patriotism and something perversely "patriotic" about… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
Patriotic feelings will surely swell, prompting proud proclamations of the wisdom, foresight, and sense of justice shared by the Framers and reflected… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
Listen, the environmental movement is not about protecting the fishes and the birds so much as recognizing that nature is the infrastructure… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
If America is destroyed, it may be by Americans who salute the flag, sing the national anthem, march in patriotic parades, cheer… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Ireland that has wronged no man, that has injured no land, that has sought no dominion over others. Ireland is treated today… — Roger Casement Copy Share Image
I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“One’s love for his country is a very sacred emotion that is intertwined with their sense of moral obligation and is an… — Aysha Taryam Copy Share Image
It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service. — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
Being nationalistic in France has nothing in common with being patriotic in America. — Thomas Bangalter Copy Share Image
Let us march immediately, and never lay down our arms until we obtain our independence. — Nathan Hale Copy Share Image
It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it. — George McGovern Copy Share Image
We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The Spaniard is gallant and patriotic, and sacrifices everything, in favorable moments, for his country's good. He has the intrepidity of his… — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
In World War II movies, everybody is gung ho and patriotic. The Vietman War was somewhat different, to say the least. — Ken Wahl Copy Share Image
The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Rank and file Democrats are very patriotic. They love this country and support the military. — Dick Mountjoy Copy Share Image
We are all Malaysians. This is the bond that unites us. Let us always remember that unity is our fundamental strength as… — Tunku Abdul Rahman Copy Share Image
We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I can get on with all different sorts of people, and I never feel homesick, particularly, or I've never felt kind of… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true. — Wendell Willkie Copy Share Image