Patriotic Quotes - Page 32

• There will be trying times during Obama's presidency, and liberty will need staunch defenders. Can Obama reshape liberalism to be, as it was under F.D.R., a fighting faith, unapologetically patriotic and strong in the defense of liberty? That would be a service to our country.

  William Kristol

  Country, Strong, Fighting

  "The Times Gives Kristol the Pink Slip" by Jacob Heilbrunn, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 26, 2009.

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• That man is formed for social life is an observation which, upon our first inquiry, presents itself immediately to our view, and our reason approves that wise and generous principle which actuated the first founders of civil government, an institution which hat its origin in the weakness of individuals, and hath for its end the strength and security of all; and so long as the means of effecting this important end are thoroughly known and religiously attended to government is one of the richest blessings to mankind, and ought to be held in the highest veneration

  Joseph Warren

  Wise, Mean, Blessing

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• And it is undeniably true that the greatest and most important right of a British subject is that he shall be governed by no laws but those to which he, either in person or by his representatives, hath given his consent; and this, I will venture to assert, is the great basis of British freedom; it is interwoven with the Constitution, and whenever this is lost, the Constitution must be destroyed.

  Joseph Warren

  Law, Important, Venture

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• I knew Otto Kahn [According to the Figaro, Mr. Kahn on first going to America was a clerk in the firm of Speyer and Company, and married a grand-daughter of Mr. Wolf, one of the founders of Kuhn, Loeb & Company], the multi-millionaire, for many years. I knew him when he was a patriotic German. I knew him when he was a patriotic American. Naturally, when he wanted to enter the House of Commons, he joined the 'patriotic party.'

  Denis Fahey

  Daughter, Party, Years

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• The most patriotic thing you can do is to take care of the environment and try to live sustainably.

  Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

  Trying, Care, Environment

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• If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States. There are probably several hundred thousand if we narrow the definition to include only those who in their search for money and power are ruthless and deceitful.

  Henry A. Wallace

  War, May, Definitions

  "The Danger of American Fascism". New York Times (April 9, 1944). Quoted in: "Democracy Reborn", p. 259, 1944.

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• [...] There is none that disperses its control more complexly through the voting system, the work situation, the church, the family, the school, the mass media - none more successful in mollifying opposition with reforms, isolating people from one another, creating patriotic loyalty.

  Howard Zinn

  Loyalty, School, Successful

  Howard Zinn (2015). “A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present”, p.632, Routledge

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• When the war broke out I decided I would be very patriotic. Standing my full height. I presented myself to the Wacs and the to the Waves. And I was rejected - I was an inch too tall.

  Julia Child

  War, Would Be, Height

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Truth is the glue that holds government together.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Truth, Honesty, Government

  Address Upon Taking the Oath of the U.S. Presidency, delivered 9 August 1974 East Room of the White House, Washington, D.C.

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• There! His Majesty can now read my name without glasses. And he can double the reward on my head!

  John Hancock

  Glasses, Names, Liberty

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• There is an American tragedy in which we all have played a part.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Tragedy

  Gerald R. Ford's remarks on pardoning Nixon, September 8, 1974.

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• The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time?

  Gerald R. Ford

  Drinking, Lunch, Three

  Gerald R. Ford's remarks to the National Restaurant Association, in Chicago, Illinois, May 28, 1978.

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• As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives, who ever sought forgiveness for their trespasses, to join in rehabilitating all the casualties of the tragic conflict of the past.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Revenge, Past, Amnesty

  Gerald R. Ford's address to Veterans of Foreign Wars in Chicago, Illinois, August 19, 1974.

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• My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Long, Nightmare, Fellows

  Remarks upon taking oath of office, 9 Aug. 1974

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• Why get excited over this latest episode in the long, sad history of American anti-intellectualism? Let me suggest that, as patriotic Americans, we should cringe in embarrassment that, at the dawn of a new, technological millennium, a jurisdiction in our heartland has opted to suppress one of the greatest triumphs of human discovery.

  Stephen Jay Gould

  Discovery, Long, Atheism

  Stephen Jay Gould (2011). “I Have Landed”, p.215, Harvard University Press

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• I can't think of any decision where the entire Congress immediately rushes to condemn a decision by the court. It's getting to be election time and this gives everyone in Congress a chance to prove they are patriotic.

  Stephen Reinhardt

  Thinking, Giving, Decision

  "Pledge of Allegiance Judges Facing Demonstrators at Courthouse". www.foxnews.com. July 17, 2002.

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• I'm more patriotic than I am political - I appreciate politics but I'm not quite too sure if that's a road I'm willing to go down.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Appreciate, Political, Willing

  "Mythical Proportions: An Exclusive Interview With Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson". Interview with Matt Tuthill, www.muscleandfitness.com.

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• I do not find that I feel myself to be any different as an English subject than as an American. I have not the vote in either place, so I am not a citizen of either, and have no call to be patriotic. In fact, I do not see how women can ever feel like anything but aliens in whatever country they may live, for they have no part or lot in any, except the part and lot of being taxed and legislated for by men.

  Hannah Whitall Smith

  Country, Men, Different

  Hannah Whitall Smith (1949). “A religious rebel: the letters of "H. W. S." (Mrs. Pearsall Smith)”

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• There is nothing so bad or so good that you will not find Englishmen doing it; but you will never find an Englishman in the wrong. He does everything on principle. He fights you on patriotic principles; he robs you on business principles; he enslaves you on imperial principles; he bullies you on manly principles; he supports his king on loyal principles and cuts off his king's head on republican principles.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Kings, Fighting, Cutting

  The Man of Destiny (1898)

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• The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Patriotism, Embodiment, Flags

  Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.91, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• All of us ... should remember that no amount of flag-waving, pledging allegiance, or fervent singing of the national anthem is evidence that we are patriotic in the real sense of the word. ... Outward behavior, while important, is not the real measure of a man's patriotism.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Real, Men, Patriotism

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• the higher the development of women, the more they suffer from the 'patriotic' mandate to bear many children to replace the nation's losses. For they know that, from the point of view of their personal development as well as that of the race, fewer but better children are to be preferred.

  Ellen Key

  Children, Loss, Race

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• [I began to unload] the pyramid of honors, civic and literary, which had been heaped on me by the headlong process of rewarding a popular success. One day, I sat down and wrote a wholesale lot of letters of resignation. When I finished, I didn't belong to a single authors club or patriotic society. I was myself again, whatever that was.

  Mary Antin

  Pyramids, Honor, One Day

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• I've always been proud to represent my country, whether it be World Cups, European Championships or just friendly games, I've always been a proud person, I'm very patriotic.

  David Beckham

  Country, Games, Just Friends

  "David Beckham interview - Why I'm not ready to finish playing yet". Interview with Paul Vercammen, www.totalfootballmag.com.

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• I don't want [to work] people who agree with me. I want honest, spirited, hard-working, patriotic people who want to be part of a team, the American team.

  Hillary Clinton

  Team, Hard Work, People

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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