Patriot Quotes - Page 5

• You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Peace, Patriotic, Race

  'O'Flaherty V.C.' (1919) p. 178

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  If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

  James Madison

  Inspirational, Freedom, Fear

  "The Last Enemy" by Rebecca Sato, www.pbs.org. November 11, 2010.

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• Why should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away?

  Benjamin Martin

  Tyrants, Three, Should

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• There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Loyalty, Men, People

  "Teddy Roosevelt's Immigration Speech Holds True Today" by Barbara Wamboldt, www.thewhig.com. July 07, 2010.

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• Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

  George Washington

  Inspirational, Leadership, Honesty

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1834). “The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts”, p.324

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• Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.

  John Dickinson

  4th Of July, Fall, Patriotic

  "The Liberty Song" (song) (1768). "United we stand, divided we fall!" became a slogan of the American Revolution.

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• The man who fights against his own country is never a hero.

  Victor Hugo

  Country, Hero, Fighting

  Victor Hugo, Frank Lee Benedict (1874). “Ninety-three”, p.54, Dawson Bros.

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• I believe to go along to get along is unpatriotic. I believe that agreeing with your government on everything they do is unpatriotic. I believe a patriot stands up and holds your government's feet to the fire. Because if you do that, you will get good government.

  Jesse Ventura

  Believe, Fire, Government

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• If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.

  Samuel Adams

  Country, Patriotic, Men

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• The Patriot wears that mask EVERYWHERE! Even in the shower!

  Anderson Luis de Abreu Oliveira

  Wrestling, Mask, Showers

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• Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

  Bertrand Russell

  Country, Hippie, Patriotic

  Bertrand Russell (1962). “Has Man a Future?”

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• No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

  William Cowper

  Men, Political, Politics

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• The Patriot Act is essential to our continued success in the war on terror here at home.

  Mike Pence

  War, Home, Essentials

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Loyalty to the true, core values and roots of democracy is what makes a true patriot, not loyalty to a symbol of the country.

  Cindy Sheehan

  Loyalty, Country, Roots

  "Sheehan to Sheehan". Interview with Ronan Sheehan, www.counterpunch.org. January 10, 2006.

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• We aren't heroes out there in the military. We're just Patriots.

  Marcus Luttrell

  Military, Hero

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• John Ashcroft is not a patriot, John Ashcroft is a descendant of Joseph McCarthy.

  Howard Dean

  Joseph Mccarthy, Descendants

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• A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.

  Billy Bragg

  Country, Who Cares, Happens

  Interview on CBC Radio One, November 17, 2006.

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• I am a fierce patriot, and I try to be outspoken about my beliefs.

  Martha Plimpton

  Trying, Belief, Fierce

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• Traitors who prevail are patriots; usurpers who succeed are divine emperors.

  Gore Vidal

  Usurpers, Succeed, Divine

  FaceBook post by Gore Vidal from Jul 21, 2016

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• No one in their right mind can say to me with a straight face that the Patriot Act has not aggregated the Fourth Amendment.

  Peter Camejo

  Mind, Faces, Usa Patriot Act

  "Raw Data: Foxnews.com Interviews Peter Camejo". Foxnews.com Interview, www.foxnews.com. February 17, 2004.

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• On the contrary, I'm a universal patriot, if you could understand me rightly: my country is the world.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Country, Patriotism, World

  Charlotte Bronte (2014). “The Professor”, p.211, Trajectory Inc

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• It is not the reporter's job to be a patriot or to presume to determine where patriotism lies. His job is to relate the facts.

  Walter Cronkite

  Jobs, Lying, Patriotism

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• After careful deliberation, I voted today to reauthorize the Patriot Act.

  Jim Gerlach

  Today, Usa Patriot Act, Deliberation

  Jim Gerlach's Statement on the Reauthorization of the Patriot Act, July 21, 2005.

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• The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party of bandits

  H. L. Mencken

  Military, War, Party

  H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.314, Knopf

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• Why are the patriots the ones who don't want to spend money on trains?

  Bill Maher

  Want, Train

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