Quotes About Patriotism

May it be long before the people of the United States shall cease to take a deep and pervading interest in the Fourth of July, as the birthday of our national life, or the event which then occurred shall be subordinated to any other of our national history.

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

I love football and my country, so I remain ready for any interesting offers.

I am not the President. Instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States.

I did my duty as an American citizen and Army officer.

I'd always also been interested in being in the army because my dad was in the army and my brother is an officer in the army.

As an officer in the U.S. Air Force, one day I may be called to give my life for my country.

Lots of army officers... a large number still believe that I have done my best for this country. They respect me.

The officers and jawans of CRPF have sacrificed a lot for the nation.

My father was in the Army. My older brother was in the Army. Those men and women go out there and put their life on the line. I respect that.

My mom was a two-time Olympic champion and when I start to play hockey I dream that if I have chance to play for my country I will do it every time they ask me.

I don't respond well to the Olympic noise, which is the noise of nationalistic triumphalism.

When I took the job as the manager of the Olympic team, I didn't take it because I was a Dodger. I did it because I was an American, and I wanted to bring that gold medal where it belongs in baseball, the United States. And that's exactly what our team did.

Olympic athletes are a different breed. We're not dealing with million-dollar contracts. We don't do the sport for those deals. We do the sport because we love the challenge, the battle. We love to be an American.

I want to bring back that glory in our country because we are the Olympic champions. So I want to see that glory days back in India, hence I'm giving my hundred per cent to contribute my best.

It is an honor to represent my country in the Olympics.

The Olympics are in my blood and everybody knows how much I love my country.

To represent Iran in the Olympics feel great.

You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter.

I love my country. That's the thing about the Olympics. You're doing it for your country.

It's quite an honor to be selected to represent my country in the Olympics.

I'm a British citizen, and I'm incredibly proud to represent Great Britain. I've also represented Great Britain in the Olympics, so I'm definitely a British athlete.

I have always said the Olympics was a great grounding for me, to have that pressure on top of me, the whole nation watching you in my own country.

I am playing the Olympics for my country. I know how hard I worked.