Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will
live in infamy - the United States of America was
suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and
air forces of the Empire of Japan.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to
the flag of the United States of America, and to
the Republic for which it stands. One nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for
all.
- The Pledge of Allegiance
Beer commercials are so patriotic: 'Made the
American Way.' What does that have to do with
America? Is that what America stands for? Feeling
sluggish and urinating frequently?
- Evelyn Waugh
If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that
my child may have peace.
- Thomas Paine
(1737-1809)
This war will not be over by the next commercial
break
- US spokeperson
talking to reporters during the Gulf War
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter.
Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no
peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale
that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears
the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are
already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What
is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have?
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be
purchased at the price of chains and slavery?
Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course
others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or
give me death!
- Patrick Henry
March 23,1775
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit
of Happiness.
- The Declaration of Independence
A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag,
sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and
whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he
reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the
principles, the truths, the history which belongs
to the Nation which belongs to the Nation that
sets it forth.
- Henry Ward Beecher
The right to freedom being the gift of God, it is
not in the power of man to alienate this gift and
voluntarily become a slave.
- Samuel Adams
The arms we have been compelled by our enemies to
assume we will, in defiance of every hazard, with
unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for
the preservation of our liberties being with one
mind resolved to die free rather than live slaves.
- Thomas Jefferson, 1775
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise
up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We
hold these truths to be self-evident that all men
are created equal.
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought
forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in
liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all
men are created equal.
- Abraham Lincoln
Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when
it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court
can save it.
- Judge Learned Hand
You're a grand old flag,
You're a high flying flag
And forever in peace may you wave.
You're the emblem of, the land I love,
The home of the free and the brave.
Ev'ry heart beats true 'neath the Red, White and
Blue,
Where there's never a boast or brag.
But should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Keep you eye on the grand old flag.
- George M. Cohan, You're A Grand Old Flag
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men
dread it.
- George Bernard Shaw
America will never be destroyed from the outside.
If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be
because we destroyed ourselves.
- Abraham Lincoln
God bless America, land that I love,
Stand beside her, and guide her,
Through the night, with the light from above,
From the mountains, to the prairies
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America, my home sweet home,
God bless America! My Home Sweet Home!
- Irving Berlin, God Bless America
The whole art of government consists in the art of
being honest.
- President Thomas Jefferson
In the future days, which we seek to make secure,
we look forward to a world founded upon four
essential human freedoms The first is freedom of
speech and expression--everywhere in the world.
The second is freedom of every person to worship
God in his own way--everywhere in the world. The
third is freedom from want--which, translated into
world terms, means economic understandings which
will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime
life for its inhabitants--everywhere in the world.
The fourth is freedom from fear--which, translated
into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of
armaments to such a point and in such a thorough
fashion that no nation will be in a position to
commit an act of physical aggression against any
neighbor--anywhere in the world.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels.
- Mark Twain
A politician will do anything to keep his job even
become a patriot.
- William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) US newspaper publisher, Recalled on his death 14 Aug 1951
A patriot must always be ready to defend his
country against his government.
- Edward Abbey
(1927-1989)
US author
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what
to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb
contesting the vote!
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be
killed for trivial reasons.
- Bertrand Russell
They that can give up essential liberty to
purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither
liberty or safety.
- Benjamin Franklin
These are the times that try men's souls. The
summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in
this crisis, shrink from the service of their
country; but he that stands it now, deserves the
love and thanks of man and woman.
- Thomas Paine
(1737-1809)
American political theorist, writer
When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you
do not wait until he has struck before you crush
him.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is
superior to all other countries because you were
born in it
- George Bernard Shaw