Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics. — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We shall pay any price, bear any burden, to assure the survival and the success of liberty. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism . . . — George Washington 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
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 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
Our country ... when right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right. — Carl Schurz Copy Share Image
The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
America is a passionate idea or it is nothing. America is a human brotherhood or it is chaos. — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
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 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
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises,… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
