40 Quotes by Patriotic

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

It is necessary for the welfare of the nation that men’s lives be based on the principles of the Bible. No man, educated or uneducated, can afford to be ignorant of the Bible.

First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself – nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

It behooves us then to humble ourselves before the offended Power to confess our national sins and to pray for clemency and forgiveness...

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.

Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.