#patriot

I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American. ↗

They established their patriotic credentials long ago, and are either supportive of the Bush agenda or know when to keep their traps shut. ↗

— Bill O'Reilly

#ago #bush #credentials #either #established

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#political-philosophy #political

It's such a shame that we know so little about our own country, that we can't find it in our hearts to love our own kind. Instead we admire those who show our country disrespect and betray its people. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#patriotism #superiority #love

I'd like to see a flag made not out of stars and stripes, but rather fingers and knuckles, so that it could really wave in the wind. It would be the most welcoming flag in all the world. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#fingers #flag #global #globalism #patriotic

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it. ↗

— Barack Obama

#change #civic-responsibility #patriotism #trial #change

I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions. ↗

— George Carlin

#freedom-of-thought #humor #patriotism #freedom

It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me. ↗

— Ho Chi Minh

#communism #inspired #me

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. ↗