The Best Patriotic Quotes to Honor America and the American Dream.

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“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” ~John F. Kennedy
“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.” ~Abraham Lincoln
“America is another name for opportunity.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“America—it is the only place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time.” ~Thomas Wolfe
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…” ~Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” – Elmer Davis
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” ~Douglas MacArthur

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” ~Thomas Jefferson
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” ~Joseph Campbell
“I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” ~Ronald Reagan
“I believe in America because we have great dreams—and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true.” ~Wendell Willkie
“If 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 Adams

“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” ~Thomas Paine
“Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.” ~John Dickinson
“The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it.” ~John F. Kennedy
“True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.” ~Clarence Darrow
“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” ~Nathan Hale
“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.” ~Gerald R. Ford
“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.” ~George Washington
“Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. it flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.” ~Unknown

“Give me liberty, or give me death!” ~Patrick Henry
“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” ~Harry S. Truman
“There never was a good war or a bad peace.” ~Benjamin Franklin
“Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.” ~Mark Twain
“Fear is the foundation of most governments.” ~John Adams
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.” ~Theodore Roosevelt
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” ~Abraham Lincoln

“No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.” ~Douglas MacArthur
“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” ~John Steinbeck
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.” ~Abraham Lincoln