Quotes about Patriotism

I would remind my countrymen that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour.

I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That's what I see. That's the America I know!

Disunion by force is treason.

If God is just, I tremble for my country.

For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.

All 'isms' run out in the end, and good riddance to most of them. Patriotism for example. [...] If in the interest of making sure we don't blow ourselves off the map once and for all, we end up relinquishing a measure of national sovereignty to some international body, so much the worse for national sovereignty. There is only one Sovereignty that matters ultimately, and it is of another sort altogether.

The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.