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There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
Every great panic we have ever had has been foreshadowed by a general decline in observance of religious principles.
The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.
In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.
To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
Yet America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres.
The greatest threat to peace is the barrage of rightist propaganda portraying war as decent, honorable, and patriotic.
Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.
Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.
The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.
Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
My patriotism and my conscience required me to support it and to engage in the debate over whether and how to fight it.
Sports culture has long been patriotic, tolerant of diverse backgrounds and perspective and celebratory of meritocracy.
Anti-Americanism from abroad would not be such a problem if Americans were united in standing up for their own country.
Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.
It's not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it's the most patriotic thing we can do.
Usually, if someone wants an inspiring-type number - patriotic, gospel, big love song - then I think you do think of me.
I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.
We have to love our freedom, not just for the private opportunities it provides, but for the goodness it makes possible.
It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear.
The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.
Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything.
Thanksgiving is America's favourite holiday, and a brilliant piece of personal as well as patriotic calendrical invention.
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
The greatest lesson we can learn from the past. . . is that freedom is at the core of every successful nation in the world.
No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
We preach the virtues of democracy abroad. We must practice its duties here at home. Voting is the first duty of democracy.
I think it's unfair to criticise someone for not being Welsh, but the smaller the nation, the more patriotic you seem to be.
Conservation is a great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the nation.
Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.
A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
I know there is a God - I see the storm coming and I see his hand in it - if he has a place then I am ready - we see the hand.
I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
Scratch below the surface, and you will find I am a patriotic little thing, desperately proud to be part of this island nation.
Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.
My notion of the KGB came from romantic spy stories. I was a pure and utterly successful product of Soviet patriotic education.
A caged canary is secure; but it is not free. It is easier for free men to resist terrorism from afar than tyranny from within.
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers.
I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please.
Can't wait for tomorrow when I get to exercise my patriotic duty as an American: Complaining about how long it's taking to VOTE.