Best Patriotic Proverbs
641 Patriotic quotes by 287 unique authors
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No one understood better than Stalin that the true object of propaganda is neither to convince nor even to persuade, but to produce a uniform…
— Alan Bullock
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I say to you that the price of liberty is and always has been blood, human blood, and if our liberties are lost, we shall…
— J. Reuben Clark
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Once in debt, interest is your companion every minute of the day and night; you cannot shun it or slip away from it; you cannot…
— J. Reuben Clark
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You have the highest of human trusts committed to your care. Providence has showered on this favored land blessings without number, and has chosen you…
— J. Reuben Clark
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Our patriotic fervor was the result of the old and widespread belief in the idea of American exceptionalism, the idea that America was a new…
— Peggy Noonan
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Nations have lost their old omnipotence; the patriotic tiedoes not hold. Nations are getting obsolete, we go and live where we will.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If America is destroyed, it may be by Americans who salute the flag, sing the national anthem, march in patriotic parades, cheer Fourth of July…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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Patriotic feelings will surely swell, prompting proud proclamations of the wisdom, foresight, and sense of justice shared by the Framers and reflected in a written…
— Thurgood Marshall
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Our conflict is not likely to cease so soon as every good man would wish. The measure of iniquity is not yet filled; and unless…
— George Washington
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I am commonly opposed to those who modestly assume the rank of champions of liberty, and make a very patriotic noise about the people. It…
— Fisher Ames
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People who make use of all their senses in trying times are no less patriotic than those whose restraint is lost, whose senses are dimmed…
— Gideon Levy
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Don't apologize for being patriotic. Support the troops
— Toby Keith
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Can't wait for tomorrow when I get to exercise my patriotic duty as an American: Complaining about how long it's taking to VOTE.
— Stephen Colbert
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Listen, the environmental movement is not about protecting the fishes and the birds so much as recognizing that nature is the infrastructure of our communities…
— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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It's one thing I like about America - they respect the sportsman. They put them up on a pedestal. They don't try to knock them…
— David Beckham
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Edmund Wilson was our greatest American literary critic because he was more than a literary critic: He was a fearless, even radical judge of the…
— Edward Abbey
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I don't think it was a patriotic war. I think it was a mistake, a strategic mistake, and I think that the president of the…
— Wesley Clark
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I don't think it's patriotic to put on a flight suit and prance around on the deck of an aircraft carrier looking for a photo…
— Wesley Clark
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Throughout history government has served as a vehicle for the organization of hatred and oppression, benefiting no one except those who are ambitious and ruthless…
— Doug Casey
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To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary and spontaneous instead of a compulsory routine is to make an unflattering estimate…
— Robert H. Jackson
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The word patriotism, or its equivalents and derivations, is upon everyone's lips at the present time. It is a magic word which is thought by…
— Ernest Belfort Bax
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Patriotic societies seem to think that the way to educate school children in a democracy is to stage bigger and better flag-saluting.
— S I Hayakawa
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While patriotism is often lauded as an unquestionable value, the status of patriotism is a problem for many thoughtful people. It is particularly troublesome for…
— Stephen Nathanson
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You can die for your country. I'll live for mine.
— Unknown Author
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Shoot first and ask questions not at all
— Richard Marcinko
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