370 Quotes About Patriotic

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.

The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.

The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had the right.

It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.

The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.

Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.

National honor is national property of the highest value.

My patriotism and my conscience required me to support it and to engage in the debate over whether and how to fight it.