"Sure I wave the American flag.
Do you know a better flag to wave?
Sure I love my country with all her faults.
I'm not ashamed of that,
never have been, never will be."
- John Wayne

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
- Thomas Jefferson

"It is important also to consider, that the surest means of avoiding war
is to be prepared for it in peace. "
- Joseph Story

"I shall know but one country. The ends I aim at shall be my country’s, my God’s and Truth’s.
I was born an American; I live an American; I shall die an American."
- Daniel Webster

"What constitutes an American? Not color nor race nor religion. Not the pedigree of his family nor the place of his birth. Not the coincidence of his citizenship. An American is one who loves justice and believes in the dignity of man. An American is one who will fight for his freedom and that of his neighbor. An American is one who will sacrifice property, ease, and security in order that he and his children may retain the rights of all free men."
- Harold Ickes

 “Political correctness is tyranny with a happy face.” - Charleton Heston

"No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life,
in a great cause."
- Theodore Roosevelt

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

NATIONAL CONVENTION - DESTIN, FLORIDA

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died.
Rather we should thank God that such men lived."
- General George S. Patton, Jr.

"Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."
- John Adams

"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."
- General George S. Patton, Jr.

"A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions,
and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader,
but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent."
 - General Douglas MacArthur

"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 success of liberty."
- John F. Kennedy

"Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction.  By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS…"
- Thomas Paine

"Our flag is our national ensign, pure and simple, behold it! Listen to it! Every star has a tongue, every stripe is articulate."
- Robert Winthrop

"And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.
And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today.
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land God bless the U.S.A."
~Lee Greenwood

"Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity.
Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong."
- James Bryce

"We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long
that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood
it cost to establish the Bill of Rights."
- Felix Frankfurter