Government Quote by Bill Clinton

There are an awful lot of people who despise government precisely because it opened the door for common citizenship for people of all races…

— Taylor Branch

The Conservative does not despise government. He despises tyranny. This is precisely why the Conservative reveres the Constitution and insists on adherence to it.

— Anonymous

You cover the bad news about America. You do. But you don't get up in the morning hating your country. And so, until somebody…

— Roger Ailes

I thought North Koreans were the only people who hated Americans, but turns out there are a lot of people hating this country in…

— Park Yeon-mi

There is no patriotic art.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

All of us ... should remember that no amount of flag-waving, pledging allegiance, or fervent singing of the national anthem is evidence that we…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

To be patriotic is to be able to question government policy in times of crisis. To be patriotic is to stand up for the…

— Sami Al-Arian

What we need most right now, at this moment, is a kind of patriotic grace - a grace that takes the long view, apprehends…

— Peggy Noonan

Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter…

— Thomas Paine

Freedom of press and freedom of speech: What a blessing for a country while in the hands of honest, patriotic men; what a curse…

— William J. H. Boetcker

The average American is nothing if not patriotic.

— Herbert Croly

Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil which makes their graves,…

— Henry David Thoreau