Quotes About Responsibility

Mothers should be very careful what type of boys and men they create, or allow to be created.

True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels them the desire to do right is precisely the same.

It is not the reporter's job to be a patriot or to presume to determine where patriotism lies. His job is to relate the facts.

Every act of energy conservation... is more than just common sense: I tell you it is an act of patriotism.

The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

We might have been better off if the question of Obama's patriotism had been raised before he was first elected. Never should we ignore so many red flag warnings again.

I would never stay in office against the will of the people. My ethics and patriotism do not allow me to do so.

While the rest of the country waves the flag of Americana, we understand we are not part of that. We don't owe America anything - America owes us.

I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.

There is a higher form of patriotism than nationalism, and that higher form is not limited by the boundaries of one's country; but by a duty to mankind to safeguard the trust of civilization.

Patriotism is the admission that people who share a land, a place, and a history have a special obligation to that place and to each other.

Saying you are a patriot is not enough - you have to be one.

True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.

Blind faith in bad leaders is not patriotism.

Lethargy is the forerunner of death to the public liberty.

Public office is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams

Our country ... when right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right.

Patriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility.

Patriotism does not mean giving blind loyalty and a blank check to George W. Bush.

An informed patriotism is what we want.

To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.

If you're patriotic, stand up for the Bill of Rights because once they strip your rights from you, you will pay hell to get them back. You will and we're in the process of it right now.

As I said before, [patriotism] is distinct from acting to benefit the government - a distinction that's increasingly lost today.