Quotes About Patriotism

Got the suit, with the American flag in the lapel. Don't join the military; don't help out the little guy; don't take in your tired, your poor, your huddled masses—but if you wear a little flag, you're a patriot.

She wondered why she had never thought her country beautiful.

Bu kez farkl?, dedi Atticus. Bu kez Yankilerle savaÅŸm?yoruz, dostlar?m?zla sava??yoruz. Ama ÅŸunu unutma, iÅŸler ne kadar kötüye giderse gitsin, onlar yine de bizim dostumuz, buras? da bizim ülkemiz.

I also think there are prices too high to pay to save the United States. Conscription is one of them. Conscription is slavery, and I don't think that any people or nation has a right to save itself at the price of slavery for anyone, no matter what name it is called. We have had the draft for twenty years now; I think this is shameful. If a country can't save itself through the volunteer service of its own free people, then I say: Let the damned thing go down the drain!

Fatal ist mir das Lumpenpack, Das, um die Herzen zu rühren, Den Patriotismus trägt zur Schau Mit allen seinen Geschwüren.

I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, & every war has to me the horror od a family feud. I look upon the true patriotism as the brotherhood of man & the service to of all to all. The only fighting that saves is the one that helps the world toward liberty, justice & an abundant life for all.

I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, & every war has to me the horror of a family feud. I look upon true patriotism as the brotherhood of man & the service of all to all. The only fighting that saves is the one that helps the world toward liberty, justice & an abundant life for all.

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict.

My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right.

True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.

Sides are being divided now. It's very obvious. So if you're on the other side of the fence, you're suddenly anti-American. It's breeding fear of being on the wrong side.

If someone says to me, 'You are a cheat, and Pakistan is doing wrong things,' my first priority is to my country.

I believe that movements to suppress wrongs can be carried out under the protection of our flag.

All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers and me the value of service to our country and reinforced what our dad had shown us about the meaning of service.

My dad and uncles were among the 125,000 proud black American volunteers who, throughout their entire lives, considered their decision to serve during WWII as their greatest honor.

My father was a pilot in WWII and I have nothing but the utmost respect for anyone who answers the call to serve our country.

Americans should boycott Yahoo products until they get the message that freedom is an American ideal, and we're not going to give it up.

I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other isn't.

It is too maddening. I've got to fly off, right now, to some devilish navy yard, three hours in a seasick steamer, and after being heartily sick, I'll have to speak three times, and then I'll be sick coming home. Still, who would not be sick for England?

I'm a small-town kid who grew up with a cornfield in the back yard and dreaming of serving my country in public office.

I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?

Yeah, I was born in Montreal and I go back to Vancouver and Toronto a lot, so I have a sense of being Canadian, and I was raised by two Canadians, and my wife is Canadian, so yeah, I feel it.

Yeah, September 11 happened and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.