Patriotism Quotes

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.

The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniencies attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.

It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others; or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.

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.

Liberty also means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

The contest, for ages, has been to rescue Liberty from the grasp of executive power.

The history of liberty is the history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it.

We would rather starve than sell our national honor.

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 themthe desire to do rightis precisely the same.

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

Don't be a fool and die for your country. Let the other sonofabitch die for his.

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

The single best augury is to fight for one's country.

It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country.

And so, my fellow americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

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

How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue!
Who would not be that youth? What pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country!