2006-08-05 19:04:07 · 14 answers · asked by dr_jeckyl1 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
come on ppl u can do better than that.
2006-08-05 19:22:41 · update #1
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"
Edmond Burke
2006-08-05 19:10:09 · answer #1 · answered by wernerslave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My all time favorite is this Lincoln quote about the politics of his day (and equally applicable to ours.)
As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty — to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be take pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.
Letter to longtime friend and slave-holder Joshua F. Speed (24 August 1855)
My next favorite quote is by Jefferson. Again in our age of constant whining about "them," it can still "teach" us something.
We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
Thomas Jefferson
Adams, John (1735 - 1826)
But finally the clearest and most directly "patriotic" quote is this one by Theodore Roosevelt.
"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official."
2006-08-06 19:47:21 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Knowitall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In an age at the same time as the existence expectancy became about 21, and the majority who survived formative years died of a puking ailment, Horace wrote: "Dulce et decorum est professional patria mort" (a million) it is, "that's sweet and honorable to die for one's united states." Homer stated a lot a similar at the same time as existence became even shorter and nastier: "it isn't unseemly for a guy to die struggling with in protection of his united states" (2)
2016-10-15 11:16:45 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country.
~Homer (800 BC - 700 BC)
And so, my fellow americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
~John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
~George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
~George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
2006-08-08 11:04:54 · answer #4 · answered by Nichole C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For those who man the battle field
The bugle whispers low
And freedom has a taste and price
The protected never know
2006-08-07 10:54:18 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freedom is an expensive commodity. Don't let your actions cheapen it.
To those who fought for our Nation: Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.
(sorry, i don't know who said either of these...)
2006-08-06 13:44:39 · answer #6 · answered by Country Girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For those who fight for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know. (I think it's something like that, it's on a war memorial in Philly)
2006-08-06 08:53:37 · answer #7 · answered by volleyball0815 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeehaw is not a foreign policy.
2006-08-08 11:26:16 · answer #8 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to out-run the bear,You just have to out-run the guy in fron't of you.
2006-08-05 19:12:56 · answer #9 · answered by Mr. BIG 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Yankee doodle dandy
2006-08-06 06:21:56 · answer #10 · answered by Me luv u long time 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋