370 Quotes About Patriotic

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.

A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and to the complete execution of the trusts for which it is responsible, free from every other control but a regard to the public good and to the sense of the people.

I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its authenticity I would unhesitatingly give my verdict in its favor. I can prove its truth as clearly as any proposition ever submitted to the mind of man.

Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.

I've seen a lot of patriots and they all died just like anybody else if it hurt bad enough and once they were dead their patriotism was only good for legends; it was bad for their prose and made them write bad poetry. If you are going to be a great patriot i.e. loyal to any existing order of government (not one who wishes to destroy the existing for something better) you want to be killed early if your life and works won't stink.

It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.

What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.