Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

After military service, the most patriotic thing you can do as a wealthy person is pay your taxes.

I am proudly a liberal. I am also patriotic, reasonable, pro-American, and stand for family values.

I've often thought that the process of aging could be slowed down if it had to go through Congress.

As a loyal American and I think a patriotic American, no, I don't want Sarah Palin to be president.

The most patriotic thing you can do is to take care of the environment and try to live sustainably.

I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.

I'm so patriotic, I think every British kid should have a chance to grow up to be our head of state.

Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor.

The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

I think there are few things more patriotic than taking the time to make your country a better place.

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice.

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

I want every child in America to eat a nutritious, delicious, sustainably sourced school lunch for free.

Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.

I have to admit, I'm not patriotic. It has partly to do with principle, but it is also a phobia/neurosis.

The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.

America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us...

All nations teach their children to be "patriotic", and abuse the other nations for fostering nationalism.

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.

I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.

A patriotic song is an emotion and you must not embarrass an audience with it, or they will hate your guts.

American magazines are becoming very patriotic beyond belief to the point that I can't live there any more.

I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty.

As Democrats, we have a patriotic duty and political imperative to lay out our ideas for protecting America.

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

It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world.

No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence.

All genuine philosophy transcends national boundaries. Patriotic philosophies are just nationalist ideologies.

One was to be a cowboy and another was to be in the military. I grew up extremely patriotic and riding horses.

No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.

It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service.

We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

Don't you dare besmirch the name of Congress. They are patriotic Americans trying to dress and feed themselves.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.

The 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.

Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I am a very patriotic guy, in terms of my Scottishness and my roots.

Election time is when you start to hear about 'average people,' 'working families,' 'patriotic Americans' and such.

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.

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