Obviously, there are people who constrict themselves and build walls around themselves, whether it's from a moral standpoint or a patriotic standpoint,… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed -… — Doc Hastings Copy Share Image
Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The options we offered were… — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
He is a poor patriot whose patriotism does not enable him to understand how all men everywhere feel about their altars and… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
For me patriotism is the sme as humanity. I am patriotic because I am human and humane. It is not exclusive. I… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
In a chariot of light from the region of the day, the Goddess of Liberty came. She brought in her hand as… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Everyone talks about America, this great country. You hear, "I'm more patriotic than you are. No, I'm more patriotic!" But how few… — John Guare Copy Share Image
To realize the full possibilities of this economy, we must reach beyond our own borders, to shape the revolution that is tearing… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The intelligent and good man holds in his affections the good and true of every land -- the boundaries of countries are… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
What's to be believed? Or does it matter at all? When mass murder's been answered with mass murder, rape with rape, hate… — Walter M. Miller, Jr Copy Share Image
While patriotism is often lauded as an unquestionable value, the status of patriotism is a problem for many thoughtful people. It is… — Stephen Nathanson Copy Share Image
There is eloquence in the tongueless wind, and a melody in the flowing brooks and the rustling of the reeds beside them,… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
The word patriotism, or its equivalents and derivations, is upon everyone's lips at the present time. It is a magic word which… — Ernest Belfort Bax Copy Share Image
“I wish it were different. I wish that we privileged knowledge in politicians, that the ones who know things didn't have to… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
That man is formed for social life is an observation which, upon our first inquiry, presents itself immediately to our view, and… — Joseph Warren Copy Share Image
I knew Otto Kahn [According to the Figaro, Mr. Kahn on first going to America was a clerk in the firm of… — Denis Fahey Copy Share Image
Since it is impossible for the people spontaneously and universally, to move in concert towards their object; and it is therefore essential,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Among the other values children should be taught are respect for others, beginning with the child's own parents and family; respect for… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
I have no prouder boast to say I am Irish and have been privileged to fight for the Irish people and for… — Francis Hughes Copy Share Image
Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are:… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Senescent judges show how patriotic they are by passing out hard sentences for tearing up a draft card or following one's conscience… — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Copy Share Image
The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I do not believe that the Constitution was the offspring of inspiration, but I am as satisfied that it is as much… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
Every humane and patriotic heart must grieve to see a bloody and causeless rebellion, costing thousands of human lives and millions of… — Thaddeus Stevens Copy Share Image
The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
People who make use of all their senses in trying times are no less patriotic than those whose restraint is lost, whose… — Gideon Levy Copy Share Image
Some people have become [in U.S] a lot more conservative but I can't really speak about that because I wasn't there. I… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Truth-telling to Congress and the public is not disloyal in America: it is an expression of the higher loyalty officials owe to… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
The United States is a proud, determined, hard-working, talented, patriotic nation and people, and it is not over-extended in the manner of… — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Human rights, human freedoms, and human dignity have their deepest roots somewhere outside the perceptible world. These values are as powerful as… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district; all studied and appreciated as they merit; are… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“O my America of the plains and the mountains and the valleys and the rivers and the canyons... It is with j’ust… — Philip roth Copy Share Image
For an American to be patriotic is to be loyal to the principles of our Constitution, and the First Amendment. The truth… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
Some people said, “we don't want to risk astronauts lives anymore, we need to stop doing this”. The astronauts don't feel that… — Eileen Collins Copy Share Image
National chauvinism is a very tough nut to crack, since a vast propaganda network is in place to keep the workers whipped… — Michael Yates Copy Share Image