Quotes About Patriotism

I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor.

The country's honor must be upheld at home and abroad.

I wanted to honor [George Gershwin]. He's a great American songwriter.

America remembers. On this 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the nation honors those who were lost.

To represent your country is an honor and a great experience.

I was a military spouse, and I lived on military pay. It is very difficult to do that. But we do that with honor and with gratitude for the chance to serve this country.

For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.

[H]owever weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties.

Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.

The red and white and starry blue Is freedom's shield and hope.

I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.

That is the America which stands not in pursuit of an axis of evil, but which is itself at the axis of hope and faith and peace and freedom.

I hope that I would put whatever my political beliefs aside, and realize that my country's asked me to to something, and do it.

I am dying, but with a strong hope and persuasion that my country will gain her independence.

It's an honor to have been considered for the team, and I hope that in the future I will have the chance to represent my country by playing for U.S.A. Basketball.

On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag!

The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity's sake.

Extreme nationalism objectifies and dehumanizes those from other countries.

My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they're going to stay that way.

Give the American people a good cause, and there's nothing they can't lick.

What a slacker. Just because daddy paid for his college education, he thinks he can avoid dying for his country." -- Willie "Drafted

I'm pretty much the definition of an American Hero.

This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.

Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.