Patriotism in america Quotes

28 quotes from 27 authors

Patriotism in America often feels like a pulse that quickens during crisis and eases in quiet moments. The handful of voices here swing between the call to earn freedom and the warning that short‑term loyalty can fade. Readers who linger on themes of national identity or civic duty will find richer troves next door, but this set still captures the tension that defines the American flag’s heartbeat.

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He loves his country best who strives to make it best.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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The United States is the only country with a known birthday.

James G. Blaine

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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.

George S. Patton

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God bless America, land that I love.

Irving Berlin

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We can't all be Washingtons, but we can all be patriots.

Charles Farrar Browne

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I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free.

Lee Greenwood

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National honor is national property of the highest value.

James Monroe

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Ev'ry heart beats true 'neath the Red, White and Blue

George M. Cohan

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

Max Lerner

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

Thomas Jefferson

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Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own.

Seneca the Younger

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The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism . . .

George Washington

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Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics.

Michael Ignatieff

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

John F. Kennedy

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Our country ... when right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right.

Carl Schurz

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I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true.

Wendell Willkie

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The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government…

Mark Twain

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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

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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

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These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in the crisis, shrink from the…

Thomas Paine

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Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises,…

Greil Marcus

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What is the essence of America? The essence of America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and…

Marilyn vos Savant

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And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your…

John F. Kennedy

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Oh, it's home again and home again, America for me! I want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea…

Henry Van Dyke

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When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies…

Adlai E. Stevenson

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Freedom cannot be bestowed - it must be achieved.

Elbert Hubbard

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If you take advantage of everything that America has to offer, there's nothing you can't accomplish.

Geraldine Ferraro

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

Hubert H. Humphrey

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