I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Who saves his country violates no law.
America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.
The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.
If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program.
I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience.
The most patriotic thing you can do is to take care of the environment and try to live sustainably.
I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But I will venture to assert, that a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward.
Nevertheless, to the persecution and tyranny of his cruel ministry we will not tamely submit - appealing to Heaven for the justice of our cause, we determine to die or be free. . . .
What is the essence of America? The essence of America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from. "
A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.
As individuals die every moment, how insensitive and fabricated a love it is to set aside a day from selfish routine in prideful, patriotic commemoration of tragedy. Just as God is provoked by those who tithe simply because they feel that they must tithe, I am provoked by those who commemorate simply because they feel that they must commemorate.
I never joined the army for patriotic reasons.
The reason I'm patriotic about Scotland is because I think it's been dealt a really hard hand. It's marketed the world over as. . . haggis. . . bagpipes. But no one ever puts anything back into it.
It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy.
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.