Quotes About Patriotism

Back in my own place, the sky burst in upon me from the window and I was reminded of a long-forgotten passage in War and Peace. Napoleon, walking through the battlefield, sees a dying soldier and, holding up the flag of France, declaims: "Do you know, my noble hero, that you have given your life for your country?" "Please! Please!" the soldier cries. "You are blotting out the sky.

A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country's good.

I stand fearlessly for small dogs, the American Flag, motherhood and the Bible. That's why people love me.

But never once did he say that Jimmy Carter hated America, was a crook, or wanted to see the American dream die. He knew Jimmy Carter was a good man who loved his country—he just had, in Reagan's opinion, the wrong ideas for how to make America great again.

I think it's a mistake for the American public to constantly be told that if you work for an oil company or you work for a bank, that automatically makes you bad. I think a lot of these people are very qualified people who are patriots. They're going to want to help the country.

I believe that if I can qualify for the Olympics, I have the skills to compete at the highest level and do good for my country.

Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.

I have no qualms about very emphatically declaring that I love my country. There is nothing regressive about it. There is nothing saffron about it.

Seeing that flag means so much: I am inspired by my Queen, my country.

When you are a queen in your own country, why would you want to go anywhere else?

I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.

Things are moving pretty quick, and of course, the whole focus is training and getting ready and being able to prepare to be on the world's stage and hopefully do the United States proud.

The RSS is an anti-national organisation. The quicker it is disintegrated, the better for India.

My grandfather had been on the New York City force with his 11 brothers around the turn of the century. He was killed in the line of duty. My father, who was 16, was the oldest son, so he had to quit school and go to work to support his mother.

I certainly have no plans to quit the United States.

Many professors are Marxists or other varieties of radicals who hate America.

Whenever anyone asks me what I did in the service, I just tell him I was a member of the famed 'Remington Raiders.'

I take any opportunity I can to raise our country's flag really high and get some shining positive light on things over there.

For many of us who were born and raised in this country, including me, it's sometimes easy to forget how special America really is.

For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.

I've raised my children to respect that flag, to stand, to put their hand across their heart and to recognize those sacrifices that have been made and I believe they're raising their children with that same belief.

I believe a real democracy can only flourish when you have your own nation state, your own identity, even your own flag you can rally around.

I didn't get nervous when I ran, but I get nervous watching other people now. I root for anybody with a USA on their chest.

We had nothing in our times. The athletes and sportsmen in those days didn't earn much money. We worked for the applause, people's appreciation inspired and motivated us, we ran for the country.