"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."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"Sometimes I wonder if I'm patriotic enough. Yes, I want to kill people, but on both sides."
— Jack Handey (Deep Thoughts)

"You cannot be disciplined in great things and indiscipline in small things. Brave undisciplined men have no chance against the discipline and valour of other men. Have you seen a few policemen handle a crowd?"
— George S. Patton Jr.

"My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From every mountainside
Let freedom ring!

My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.

Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.

Our father's God to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright,
With freedom's holy light,
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God our King."
— Samuel Francis Smith

"The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country"
— General George S. Patton Jr.

""...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to comrades and to his superiors, and a self confidence born of demonstrated ability."
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— General George S. Patton Jr.

"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."
— George William Curtis

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those
who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
— Thomas Jefferson

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the
government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
— Thomas Jefferson

"Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."
— Adlai Stevenson

"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori."
— Horance

"A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world."
— George Santayana

"Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it."
— George Bernard Shaw

"America is a tune. It must be sung together."
— Gerald Stanley Lee

"Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country."
— Calvin Coolidge

"Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land."
— Walter Scott

"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."
— Henry Ward Beecher

"I think patriotism is like charity -- it begins at home."
— Henry James

"A politician will do anything to keep his job -- even become a patriot."
— William Randolph Hearst