Bears Quote by Thomas Jefferson

While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of…

— George Washington

From my fathers point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for…

— Thomas Steinbeck

The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility and out of self interest for himself, his family, and the future of his…

— Ron Paul

The patriot who feels himself in the service of God, who acknowledges Him in all his ways, has the promise of Almighty direction, and…

— Francis Scott Key

To be a good patriot, a man must consider his countrymen as God's creatures, and himself as accountable for his acting towards them.

— George Berkeley

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

— Barbara Ehrenreich

Patriotism is a survival from barbarous times which must not only be evoked and educated but which must be eradicated by all means -…

— Leo Tolstoy

It is heroic to prepare for war with a tyrant power. Patriots will always win the admiration of mankind for daring to meet the…

— John Boyle O'Reilly

Patriotism is the principle that will justify the training of wholesale murderers.

— Leo Tolstoy

In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid…

— Mark Twain

“True Christian fortitude consists in strength of mind, through grace, exerted in two things; in ruling and suppressing the evil and unruly passions and…

— Jonathan Edwards

Patriotism, often a thinly veiled form of collective self-worship, celebrates our goodness, our ideals, our mercy and bemoans the perfidiousness of those who hate…

— Chris Hedges