Patriotic Quotes - Page 34

• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• A patriotic song is an emotion and you must not embarrass an audience with it, or they will hate your guts.

  Irving Berlin

  Song, Hate, Emotion

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• Our sainted aunts prate of living for others while our rich uncles call us mollycoddles for not fighting for what we want. Murder is a patriotic act if you commit it in a uniform; it is the blackest sin if you kill someone while wearing a gray flannel suit.

  Nicholas Samstag

  Uncles, Military, Fighting

  Nicholas Samstag (1962). “The Uses of Ineptitude; Or: How Not to Want to Do Better”, Astor-Honor Incorporated

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• Greenspan advised the American people to buy - he repeated the old mantra: 'spending is patriotic'. He also managed to convince them that if they did not have the money, that shouldn't stop them. They would 'pay later'. To a certain extent he was correct, we are all having to 'pay later'... we may even never stop paying.

  Gilad Atzmon

  People, May, Pay

  Gilad Atzmon (2011). “The Wandering Who?: A Study of Jewish Identity Politics”, p.27, John Hunt Publishing

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• A man who is not interested in politics is not doing his patriotic duty toward maintaining the constitution of the United States.

  Harry S. Truman

  Men, America, United States

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• I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.

  Aaron McGruder

  Anchors, Flags, News

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• Once over there [Balkans], I felt extremely patriotic. Here are these people, from 18-year-olds to military veterans, enduring real duress for the cause of peace. I don't ever want to play for a regular audience again, only military folks who are starving for music.

  Sheryl Crow

  Military, Real, Play

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• Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.

  Andrew Jackson

  Life, Country, 4th Of July

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• He loves his country best who strives to make it best.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Country, 4th Of July, Army

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1952). “Life and Letters”

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• When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web... Now even my cat has its own page.

  William J. Clinton

  Cat, High Heels, Office

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• Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

  Ronald Reagan

  Political, Enemy, Liberty

  "War and Conflict Quotations" eds. Michael & Jean Thomsett, McFarland, (p. 105), 1997.

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• My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

  Barack Obama

  Love, Believe, Blessed

  2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 27 July 2004, Fleet Center, Boston

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• We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.

  Barack Obama

  Real, Enemy, World

  2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 27 July 2004, Fleet Center, Boston

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• My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

  Barack Obama

  Jobs

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• There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.

  Barack Obama

  America, Political, United States

  Barack Obama (2008). “Yes, We Can”, p.47, BoD – Books on Demand

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• If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

  Barack Obama

  Inspirational, Jobs, Government

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

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• Nevertheless, to the persecution and tyranny of his cruel ministry we will not tamely submit - appealing to Heaven for the justice of our cause, we determine to die or be free . . . .

  Joseph Warren

  Justice, Heaven, Ministry

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• I am commonly opposed to those who modestly assume the rank of champions of liberty, and make a very patriotic noise about the people. It is the stale artifice which has duped the world a thousand times, and yet, though detected, it is still successful. I love liberty as well as anybody. I am proud of it, as the true title of our people to distinction above others; but . . . I would guard it by making the laws strong enough to protect it.

  Fisher Ames

  Strong, Successful, Law

  Fisher Ames, John Thornton Kirkland (1969). “Works of Fisher Ames: Memoir, by J. T. Kirkland. Letters”

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• They established their patriotic credentials long ago, and are either supportive of the Bush agenda or know when to keep their traps shut.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Long Ago, Supportive, Agendas

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• He is a poor patriot whose patriotism does not enable him to understand how all men everywhere feel about their altars and their hearthstones, their flag and their fatherland.

  Harry Emerson Fosdick

  4th Of July, Men, Patriotism

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• In practice, US officials seem to know better than to indulge in the patriotic myth that our constitution is the greatest system of government ever devised.

  Matthew Yglesias

  Government, Practice, Indulge In

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• Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.

  Colin Powell

  Military, Fighting, Men

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