Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
We dare not forget that we are the heirs of that first revolution.
I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free.
A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world.... We are not a nation, so much as a world.
I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man.
America is the only idealistic nation in the world.
In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.
We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights.
America is another name for opportunity.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.
Of the people, by the people, for the people.
These are the times that try men's souls.
If you take advantage of everything that America has to offer, there's nothing you can't accomplish.
I think patriotism is like charity -- it begins at home.
He loves his country best who strives to make it best.
A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself.
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!
The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic - have always blown on free men.
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