Patriotism Quote by John Jay Download Open image “Those who own the country ought to govern it.” — John Jay ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Patriotism Politics
I would like to state that my personal opinions are that the people of every country should decide by themselves what kind of government… — Julius Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Government should take care of those in America who can't care for themselves. That's a role of government. — John McCain Copy Share Image
Government should exist in order to help fortify the country and make those who are in need better able to meet their own. — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life. — Frances Perkins Copy Share Image
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“It is too true, however disgraceful it may be to human nature, that nations in general will make war whenever they have a prospect… — John Jay Copy Share Image
Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good form of government… — John Jay Copy Share Image
“We must go home to be happy, and our home is not in this world. Here we have nothing to do but our duty.” — John Jay Copy Share Image
As the select assemblies for choosing the President, as well as the State legislatures who appoint the senators, will in general be composed of… — John Jay Copy Share Image
The jury has the right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy. — John Jay Copy Share Image
I saw one excellency was within my reach - it was brevity and I determined to obtain it. — John Jay Copy Share Image
No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent. — John Jay Copy Share Image
“Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good will and kind conduct more speedily changed.” — John Jay Copy Share Image
Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers. And it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest, of… — John Jay Copy Share Image
“Too many in your state [Pennsylvania], as in this [New York], love pure democracy dearly. They seem not to consider that pure democracy, like… — John Jay Copy Share Image
“It has often given my pleasure to observe, that independent America was not composed of detached and distant territories, but that one connected fertile,… — John Jay Copy Share Image
The only way to be loved is to be and to appear lovely; to possess and display kindness, benevolence, tenderness; to be free from… — John Jay Copy Share Image
You have expressive nationalism, I mean very identity driven, which shaped each other a lot of that in the Middle East. — Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Copy Share Image
I am not a nationalist in any way, and I hate flag waving, and I don't think much good has come out of nationalism.… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
She might be without country, without nation, but inside her there was still a being that could exist and be free, that could simply… — Sharon Maas Copy Share Image
To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Patriotism is a fierce love for the nation’s soul - its land, its people, its core, coupled with a burning contempt for a government… — Njau Kihia Copy Share Image
Cricket, politics, and cinema is what a majority in our country are most passionate about. They have the power to divide the best of… — Vijay Deverakonda Copy Share Image
“A man full of warm, speculative benevolence may wish his society otherwise constituted than he finds it; but a good patriot, and a true… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
The Patriot Act is certainly a concern; all of those things are dangerous. I think more important than me preaching is that we as… — George Clooney Copy Share Image