American Patriotic Quotes

A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.

A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself.

Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?

Some Americans need hyphens in their names, because only part of them has come over; but when the whole man has come over, heart and thought and all, the hyphen drops of its own weight out of his name.

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

That we we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

My heart trembles when I reflect that God is just

Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity.

We can't all be Washingtons, but we can all be patriots.

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America.

Yesterday, the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, that those United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.

He is a poor patriot whose patriotism does not enable him to understand how all men everywhere feel about their altars and their hearthstones, their flag and their fatherland.

Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea.

The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American.

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.

A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

If you take advantage of everything that America has to offer, there's nothing you can't accomplish.

We dare not forget that we are the heirs of that first revolution.

Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose.

What is the essence of America? The essence of America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from."

We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear on earth, peace, security, liberty, our family, our friends, our home. . .But when we look at our flag and behold it emblazoned with all our rights we must remember that it is equally a symbol of our duties. Every glory that we associate with it is the result of duty done.

These are the times that try men's souls.

Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I'm not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors. They purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood. It will bring a mark of everlasting infamy on the present generation – enlightened as it is – if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of designing men.

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

It is the love of country that has lighted and that keeps glowing the holy fire of patriotism.

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

Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free.

Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own.

The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.

I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.