Patriot Quotes - Page 6

• The time is fast approaching when to call a man a patriot will be the deepest insult you can offer him. Patriotism now means advocating plunder in the interest of the privileged classes of the particular State system into which we have happened to be born.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Mean, Men, Class

  graf Leo Tolstoy (1989). “I Cannot be Silent: Writings on Politics, Art and Religion by Leo Tolstoy”

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• Life springs from death; and from the graves of patriot men and women spring living nations.

  Patrick Pearse

  Spring, Men, Graves

  "The Cause Of Ireland" by Liz Curtis, Beyond the Pale Publications, Belfast, (p. 226), 1994.

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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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• 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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• All true patriots will meet in heaven.

  Charlotte Corday

  Heaven, Patriotism

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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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• There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Tasks, Bigger

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• Great artists have no country.

  Alfred de Musset

  Life, Country, Artist

  Alfred de Musset, Paul de Musset (1908). “Comedies, tr. by Raoul Pellissier, E. B. Thompson, Mary H. Dey”

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• Naturally, the common people don't want war ... but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country.

  Hermann Goring

  Country, Peace, Military

  Interview in Göring's jail cell, April 18, 1946. "Nuremberg Diary". Book by Gustave Gilbert, 1947.

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• I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved.

  Ronald Reagan

  Citizens, Politician, Profession

  Ronald Reagan (1983). “A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan, 1961-1982”, Gateway Books

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• I pray for my nation, South Africa. As Jesus stood in the boat and commanded the storms to be calm, I stand in the midst of the storm in my nation, South Africa and I command the storm, wind and waves to be calm, in the name of Jesus! I speak calmness to my nation, South Africa, in the name of Jesus!

  T. B. Joshua

  Jesus, Wind, Names

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• My own American Dream was to serve my country as best I could and make a difference in America - and in the world.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Dream, Country, Differences

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  Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

  James Bryce

  Country, Memorial Day, Peace

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• Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

  Thomas Paine

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  The American Crisis, 12 Sept. 1777

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• My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Country

  Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961

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• A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

  George William Curtis

  Loyalty, Country, Memorial Day

  George William Curtis (1894). “On the principles and character of American institutions, and the duties of American citizens, 1856-1891”

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• I don't want to weaken the Patriot Act. I want to repeal it.

  Jon Tester

  Want, Patriot Act

  "Democrats Hope for 'Abramoff Effect' in Montana". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block and Michele Norris, www.npr.org. September 27, 2006.

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• 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.

  Herman Melville

  Patriotic, Blood, Usa

  Herman Melville (1963). “The Works of Herman Melville”

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• Wine is constant proof that God loves us and likes to see us happy.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Humorous, Drinking, Beer

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• Man is the only Patriot. He sets himself apart in his own country, under his own flag, and sneers at the other nations, and keeps multitudinous uniformed assassins on hand at heavy expense to grab slices of other people's countries, and keep them from grabbing slices of his. And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for the universal brotherhood of man - with his mouth.

  Mark Twain

  Country, Patriotic, Men

  Mark Twain (2009). “Mark Twain’s Book of Animals”, p.121, Univ of California Press

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• What country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Country, Freedom, Gun

  Letter to William Stephens Smith, 13 Nov. 1787

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• My heart trembles when I reflect that God is just

  Thomas Jefferson

  God, Patriotic, Heart

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• Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!

  Samuel Adams

  Gun, Hands, Security And Freedom

  Samuel Adams' Speech delivered at the State House in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, August 1, 1776.

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• It is the love of country that has lighted and that keeps glowing the holy fire of patriotism.

  J. Horace McFarland

  Country, 4th Of July, Patriotic

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• I have long feared that my sins would return to visit me.  And the cost is more than I can bear.

  Benjamin Martin

  Long, Cost, Return

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