Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2010-06-07 Jun 7, 2010Where liberty dwells, there is my country.~ Benjamin FranklinThey [the founders] proclaimed to all the world the revolutionary doctrine of the Divine Rights of the Common Man. That doctrine has ever since been the heart of the American faith. ~ Dwight D. EisenhowerAll might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should.~ Samuel Adams Jun 4, 2010Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervour - with the cry of grave national emergency. Always, there has been some terrible evil at home, or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant sums demanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real.~ General Douglas MacArthurFrom the saintly and single-minded idealist to the fanatic is often but a step.~ Friedrich August von HayekPatriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.~ Dr. Samuel Johnson Jun 3, 2010Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.~ Albert EinsteinIf ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.~ Samuel AdamsNever give in. Never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.~ Sir Winston Churchill Jun 2, 2010A man may have to die for our country: but no man must, in any exclusive sense, live for his country. He who surrenders himself without reservation to the temporal claims of a nation, or a party, or a class is rendering to Caesar that which, of all things, most emphatically belongs to God: himself.~ C. S. LewisA patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.~ Edward AbbeyMen in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.~ Henry Steele Commager Jun 1, 2010Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.~ Thomas PaineThe republic was not established by cowards, and cowards will not preserve it.~ Elmer DavisIt is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.~ General George S. Patton, Jr. Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print