Inspiring Patriotic Quotes

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

One day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.

America is another name for opportunity.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.

I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Of the people, by the people, for the people.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

We live in a new and exceptional age. America is another word for Opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of the Divine Providence in behalf of the human race; and a literal, slavish following of precedents, as by a justice of the peace, is not for those who at this hour lead the AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.

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.

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

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

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

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

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.

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

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

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

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic - have always blown on free men.

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

Freedom cannot be bestowed - it must be achieved.

For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.