Submitted by Angela Godac
While words and phrases are nice, sometimes you have to look to the greats when it comes to patriotism. Prolific revolutionists and writers like Robert Frost and Ben Franklin have a bit to say on patriotism. Explore these nationalist quotes to get you in the spirit of loving your country.
“Where liberty dwells, there is my country.” – Benjamin Franklin
“Freedom is never given; it is won” – A. Philip Randolph
“Duty, honor, country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.” – General Douglas MacArthur
“Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.” – James Bryce
“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
“Give me liberty, or give me death!” – Patrick Henry
“May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” – Peter Marshall
“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.” – John F. Kennedy
“The essence of America — that which really unites us — is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion — it is an idea — and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.” – Condoleezza Rice
“Freedom lies in being bold.” – Robert Frost
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. Wendell Phillips (and others)
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.”— John Adams, 1814
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