Quotes on Patriotism In America

I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

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

These are the times that try men's souls.

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.

I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country._x000D_ _x000D_ 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.

We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights.

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

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

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

You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.

The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism . . .