your love for Bush or your love for America?
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."
- President Theodore Roosevelt, 1908
2006-12-07 07:13:16 · 9 answers · asked by justgoodfolk 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.
- Patrick Henry (from his Liberty or Death speech)
2006-12-07 07:16:29 · update #1
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
2006-12-07 07:18:58 · update #2
"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our Number one priority and we will not rest until we find him!"
- President Bush, September 13, 2001
"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and I really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
- President Bush, March 13, 2002
2006-12-07 07:23:18 · update #3
right on! you can't blindly follow a man, you have to support what's right.. not the person making the decisions.. if they are making the right decisions then you support them by chance in the way that they have sided with what is right, rather than following them blindly... it's a great quote.
2006-12-07 07:17:08 · answer #1 · answered by pip 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Love for the country. Too many are in the position of power for personal gain and aren't caring diddly about the country and the citizens.
2006-12-07 15:17:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
My love for my country. I don't love George Bush. I respect the man and his office. Conservatives don't "Love" our candidates like liberals do. Libs love the Clintons, Barack Obama, etc.
2006-12-07 15:17:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
IN SO FAR AS BEING PATRIOTIC I STAND FOR MY COUNTRY BUT BUSH HAS NOT DONE THAT BAD A JOB LIKE ALL YOU PEOPLE ON ANSWER TEND TO SAY. THE EXAGGERATION ON THIS SITE IS OUTRAGEOUS.
2006-12-07 15:21:40 · answer #4 · answered by strike_eagle29 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
In my heart I am sick. I swore an oath in 1972 to defend my country against all enemies foreign and domestic. Yet, til this very day when I ask the military leaders in Washington for permission to start killing liberals and other miscreants they refuse me.
2006-12-07 15:21:21 · answer #5 · answered by pedohunter1488 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋
My love for America! And yes. I am a Conservative..NOT a Republican.
2006-12-07 15:16:43 · answer #6 · answered by freakykittygoddess 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I love my country to the fullest extent
2006-12-07 15:16:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
We love our country. That is why we support our President.
2006-12-07 15:15:19 · answer #8 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 4⤊ 4⤋
Stop throwing truth in our faces like that.
We can't handle patriotism, we like blind support.
We are the same people who stood by Hitler to the end.
2006-12-07 15:15:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋