Louis XVI started to die on June 21st 1791. For his flight tore away the veil of that false constitutional monarchy, and once more confronted the Patriot party with the whole problem of the revolution's future.
When the American people find out how their government has secretly interpreted the Patriot Act, they will be stunned and they will be angry.
What could I do but go with them Civil War soldiers, or work for them and my country? The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.
A patriot is one who wrestles for the soul of her country as she wrestles for her own being.
Life springs from death; and from the graves of patriot men and women spring living nations.
Against the vast majority of my countrymen, even at this moment, in the name of humanity and civilization, I protest against our share in the destruction of Germany. A month ago Europe was a peaceful comity of nations; if an Englishman killed a German, he was hanged. Now, if an Englishman kills a German, or if a German kills an Englishman, he is a patriot, who has deserved well of his country.
The true American patriot is by definition skeptical of the government.
Real patriots ask questions.
From Gandhi to Mandela, from the American patriot to the Polish shipbuilders, the makers of revolutions have not come from the top.
I consider myself a patriot, but not for the traditional reasons. I'm just really passionate about apple pie.
It is not the reporter's job to be a patriot or to presume to determine where patriotism lies. His job is to relate the facts.
We should stop calling ourselves environmentalists - and just call ourselves patriots.
In time of war, the loudest patriots are the greatest profiteers.
Ron Paul warned everyone that the Patriot Act could be used against innocent American citizens. His critics said he was siding with terrorists. Now, either A. Ron Paul was right. Or B. All Verizon users are terrorists.
Yet there comes a time in the life of a patriot when abdication would amount to a betrayal if not outright treachery.
If middle-class Americans do not feel threatened by the slow encroachment of the police state or the Patriot Act, it is because they live comfortably enough and exercise their liberties very lightly, never testing the boundaries. You never know you are in a prison unless you try the door.
One can be a patriot, you know, without making one's wife join the breadline.
The Patriot Act removed major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and national defense communities from talking and coordinating their work to protect the American people and our national security.
I don't want to be remembered as an activist; I want to be remembered as an American Indian patriot.
These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero.
