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
Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels.
- Samuel Johnson
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
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
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
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)
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
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