Quotes About Patriotism

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

It is important for all of us to show our support for the brave men and women in the United States military.

I've always been a fan of those guys. My dad was in military school and I have a bunch of buddies that are Marines, and I just kind of want to give back to those guys that gave more than enough for us.

After 21 years, six months and 10 days of active military service, I am now a civilian.

Our collective military service is a special part of our family's story in America.

Evading military service has a long history in American life.

I'm glad that people know my military service. But, like this nation, we are more than our military. And the rest of our story is the same as the rest of my story.

I have dedicated half my life to military service.

Because of his military service, Dad was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Twenty-six million Russians died in the defense of their homeland against the Nazis.

I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so early. And maybe they can achieve it, too, just to get that in their minds.

Let the French ministers take care of France; we will take care of Italy!

It is no less the duty of the minority than a majority to endeavour to defend the country.

To the Greek mind, the unwillingness to compromise in religious matters—which were not all that important, anyway—was impious, unpatriotic, maybe even seditious. For the Jews, religion was the Way of Life; it had nothing in common with the empty rituals of the Greeks.

When shall the saner softer polities Whereof we dream, have play in each proud land, And patriotism, grown Godlike, scorn to stand Bondslave to realms, but circle earth and seas?

The beggarly question of parentage...what is it after all? What does it matter,when you come to think of it, wheter a child is yours by blood or not? All the little ones of our time are collectively the children of us adults of the time, and entitled to our general care. That excessive regard of parents for their own children, and their dislike of other people's, is, like class-feeling, patriotism, save-your-own-soul-ism and other virtues, a mean exclusiveness at bottom.

You know, Bob, the real patriots out there are people who earn big incomes—$100,000, $200,000, and $1 million or more a year—and spend it all. Congress should mint a new medal for this type of patriotism, Bob. It would be called the Congressional Medal of Taxation and Consumption. And as long as these patriots keep training their kids to be medal winners, we are in good shape.

How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!

Is it the Fourth?

Love your neighbor as yourself, and your country more than yourself.

Postpone to the great object of Liberty every smaller motive and passion.

El árbol de la libertad debe ser vigorizado de vez en cuando con la sangre de patriotas y tiranos: es su fertilizante natural»

Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute.

This is a subject with which wisdom and patriotism should be occupied.