American patriot Quote by Sarah Vowell Download Open image “The true American patriot is by definition skeptical of the government.” — Sarah Vowell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare American patriot Definitions Government Patriot Politics Skeptical
A true patriot does not confuse government with country. A patriot's loyalty is to his country, and loyalty to country requires holding government accountable. — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
Lesson number one in trying to develop the ability of independent thought: Understand that EVERYTHING the government says has the potential to be lies… — Derek R. Audette Copy Share Image
I don't think the average American understands what patriotism truthfully is. That's why when I attack our country or attack the government, it's sometimes… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Patriotism is not necessarily defined as blind devotion to a president's particular agenda - and that to dispute a presidential policy is not necessarily anti-American. — John Irving Copy Share
For me, the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that's what separates us from other countries. — George Clooney Copy Share Image
The true patriot scrutinizes the actions of his own government with unceasing vigilance. And when his government violates the morality and rightness associated with… — Jacob G. Hornberger 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
“In America, disagreement with the policies of the government does not necessitate a lack of patriotism!” — Senator Mitchell Copy Share Image
“She is either male property (Mrs.), wannabe male property (Miss), or man-hating harpy (Ms.).” — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“We were breathing sooty air. The soot was composed of incinerated glass and steel but also, we knew, incinerated human flesh. When the local… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“After Hymns and tears, they boarded the brig Thaddeus, a vessel so crappy, it made the Mayflower look like the QE2.” — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“The last line of Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen is addressed to the American people and their congressmen. "As they deal with me and… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“In the gravedigger scene in act V, Hamlet looks upon an anonymous skull and jokes that even Alexander the Great decomposed into dust that… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“Another reason I’m intrigued with the hanged of Salem, especially the women, is that a number of them aroused suspicion in the first place… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Listening to the radio every day for an entire year was a prison sentence. It was the most depressing, annoying, debilitating project I have… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
That's what I like to call him, "the current president." I find it difficult to say or type his name, George W. Bush. I… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“The historical periods I like to learn about aren’t so much costume dramas as slasher flicks. The French Revolution is a favorite because it… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Love your country. Your country is the land where your parents sleep, where is spoken that language in which the chosen of your heart,… — Giuseppe Mazzini Copy Share Image
I'm honored to be at the side of Michele Bachmann. She is a great congresswoman. She is a great human being, and she is… — Jon Voight Copy Share Image
It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible. Do not ever let anyone claim to be a true American… — George Washington Copy Share Image
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 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 glistening in… — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“Superman – Moses in a costume, with his underpants on the outside. Captain America – the poster boy of the mad American patriot. Wonder… — David Sinclair Copy Share Image
“Earlier that year, at the hundredth anniversary of his Harvard club, a member was talking about the spirit of Harvard College and saying how… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
We live in a new and exceptional age. America is another word for Opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When I die, I desire no better winding sheet than the Stars and Stripes, and no softer pillow than the Constitution of my country. — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose. — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all.… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
An old American patriot described today's situation very well. As America fought for its independence, Benjamin Franklin said, "we must all hang together, or… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
