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Freedom & Patriotism
I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me
liberty or give me death. Patrick Henry
Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive
than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many
stupid leaders. Sloan Wilson
All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. Sir Winston Churchill
The true charter of liberty is independence, maintained by force. Voltaire
Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin. Wendell Willkie
I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights. Desmond Tutu
It is by the goodness of God that we have in our country three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either. Mark Twain
Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.William Allen White
You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make good use of it! If you do not, I shall repent it in Heaven that I ever took half the pains to preserve it! John Adams
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it. Thomas Paine
Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet....The ballot is stronger than the bullet. Abraham Lincoln
Man's capacity for evil makes democracy necessary and man's capacity for good makes democracy possible. Reinhold Niebuhr
You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. Malcolm X
The arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation of our liberties; being with one mind resolved to die free rather than live slaves. Thomas Jefferson
They that can give upessential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
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 the success of liberty. John F. Kennedy
The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. Thomas Jefferson
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. Thomas Jefferson
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. Clarence Darrow
We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression -- everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way -- everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want... everywhere in theworld. The fourth is freedom from fear... anywhere in the world. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these,the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
-Emma Lazarus-
Freedom is a package deal - with it comes responsibilities and consequences. Author Unknown
Freedom ends when it begins to deprive another of his freedom. Author Unknown
Freedom is not only the right to use your judgment, but the obligation to live with the consequences. Author Unknown
Freedom is the sure possession of only those who have the courage to defend it. Author Unknown
There will be no peace as long as God remains unseated at the conference table. Author Unknown
A patriot is a man working for his country's future instead of boasting of its past. Author Unknown
America has been the intellectual battleground of the nations. Randolph Silliman Bourne
America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine Providence in behalf of the human race. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The source of a nation’s strength is itsdomestic life, and if America has a service to perform in the world it is in large part the service of its own example. James William Fulbright
The American system of rugged individualism. A great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose. Herbert Clark Hoover
I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our America will endure and the cause of human freedom will triumph. Cordell Hull
Judge America not by the extremists, but by the great majority of Americans - of all races - who live in peace with their fellow man. Judge America by the typical family, for you will not see it anywhere else on earth. Judge America by her accomplishments and by her potential which is ever greater. Lyndon Baines Johnson
We will serve all of the nation, not one section or one sector, or one group, but all Americans. These are the United States - a united people with a united purpose. Lyndon Baines Johnson
I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end - where all men and all churches are treated as equal - where every man has the same right to attend or not to attend the church of his choice - where there is no Catholic vote, no anti-Catholic vote...and where Catholics, Protestants, and Jews ...will refrain from those attitudes of disdain and division which have so often marred their works in the past, and promote instead the American ideal of brotherhood. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
We in this country, in this generation, are by destiny rather than choice - the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility - that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint - and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of peace on earth, goodwill toward men. That must always be our goal - and the righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength. For as was written long ago: ‘Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.’. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
America is a tune. It must be sung together. Gerald Stanley Lee
Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every county. Sinclair Lewis
I would rather see the United States respected than loved by other nations. Henry Cabot Lodge
America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair. Arnold Joseph Toynbee
If the American dream is for Americans only, it will remain our dream and never be our destiny. Rene de Visme Williamson
America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses. Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Joy is a fruit that Americans eat green. Armando Zegri Cespedes
The American imagination releases itself very easily in the short story - and has done so since the beginning of our national history. We have been a country of tall-taletellers, and swappers of anecdotes, certainly since the frontier began to move westward. Henry Seidel Canby
The exercise of power in this century has meant for all of us in the United States not arrogance but agony. We have used our power not willingly and recklessly ever, but always reluctantly and with restraint. Lyndon Baines Johnson
Always the path of American destiny has been into the unknown. Always there arose enough of reserves of strength, balances of sanity, portions of wisdom to carry the nation through to a fresh start with ever-renewing vitality. Carl Sandburg
An American is one who loves justice and believes in the dignity of man. Harold Le Claire Ickes
An American is one who will sacrifice property, ease and security in order that he and his children may retain the rights of free men. Harold Le Claire Ickes
The American people have a genius for splendid and unselfish action, and into the hands of America God has placed the destinies of afflicted humanity. Pius XII
Remember, remember always, that all of us and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. Robert F. Kennedy
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