American citizen Quote by James Meredith

When I stand up here, and I'm fighting for your rights and the rights of all people in these United States of America, I…

— Linda Sarsour

You are patriotic when you condemn and fight for fellow citizens. That is patriotism for me.

— Jwala Gutta

I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as…

— Theodore Roosevelt

My patriotism is not an exclusive thing. It is all embracing. The conception of my patriotism is nothing if it is not always, in…

— Mahatma Gandhi

If you're patriotic, stand up for the Bill of Rights because once they strip your rights from you, you will pay hell to get…

— Jesse Ventura

I'm a patriot in the truest sense of the word.

— Al Sharpton

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

— George Washington

My patriotism is not an exclusive thing. It is all-embracing and I should reject that patriotism which sought to mount the distress or exploitation…

— Mahatma Gandhi

I have my rights, not because of Washington suddenly deciding, Strom Thurmond and others, "Hey, let's give certain Americans equal rights." But because of…

— Cory Booker

Our country is the world, our countrymen are all mankind. We love the land of our nativity, only as we love all other lands.…

— William Lloyd Garrison

To be a patriot, one had to say, and keep on saying, "Our Country, right or wrong," and urge on the little war. Have…

— Mark Twain

My dear creature, I have done with all debate. But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally…

— Patrick O'Brian