Patriot Quotes

In the aftermath of 9/11, the Patriot Act was rushed to the floor. Several hundred pages. Nobody read it … But people voted because they were fearful and people said there could be another attack and Americans will blame me if I don’t vote on this.

I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s the America I love.

I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws?

Together we will build an America where hope is a new job with a paycheck, not a faded word on an old bumper sticker.

The American people, intrenched in freedom at home, take their love for it with them wherever they go.

I dislike loud-mouthed patriots who suggest they like our country more than I do. Some people’s idea of patriotism is hating other countries.

I love being around people who work with their hands, who do the hard things to keep our country going. They’re just my kind of people.

No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.

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

America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn’t standing still.