Top 1200 American Patriot Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

Nearly 75,000 Demand Progress members have urged Congress to fix the Patriot Act.

They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast, And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest.

I'm not an American but I have always had the outsiders' respect for the American people and the American way.

I'm obviously an American citizen. My parents are American citizens. But I'm not looked at as an American.

It is a very odd sort of Patriot that would destroy the First Amendment to protect the Second.

A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.

I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American.

America's exceptionalism, American leadership, the American model, the American values are not [first with Donald Trump] - they're something that end at the border.

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.

The Patriot Act addresses various subjects. Some sections are beneficial and enhance our national security.

I consider myself a patriot, but not for the traditional reasons. I'm just really passionate about apple pie.

American art, like the American language and American education, was as far as possible sexless.

My purpose is to make sure that we protect every American, wherever that American is, and if an American is calling out for help, whether it's in Benghazi or at the border, then we ought to be able to answer it.

From a constitutional point of view George W. Bush passing through the Patriot Act is no worse than Obama renewing it.

The Patriot Act followed 9-11 as smoothly as the suspension of the Weimar constitution after the Reichstag Fire Decree.

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

Israel is the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk, does not carry even one American soldier, and is located in a critical region for American national security.

PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors.

Since 9/11, the U.S.A. Patriot Act has torn down the invisible wall that was perceived as preventing the FBI and CIA from sharing information.

Getting into the banjo and discovering that it was an African-American instrument, it totally turned on its head my idea of American music - and then, through that, American history.

I will not counter the insanity of the PATRIOT Act with an overblown fear of my rights being taken away.

The Patriot Act unleashed the FBI to search your email, travel and credit records without even a suspicion of wrongdoing.

Im not an American but I have always had the outsiders respect for the American people and the American way.

Foreigners have a complex set of associations in their minds when they think of America - from Iraq to 9/11, certainly, but also from Coke to jeans. It is entirely possible for people around the world to love American products, American books, American movies, American music, and dislike the policies of the government of America.

Art in America should be American, drawn from American sources, memorializing American achievement.

Yet there comes a time in the life of a patriot when abdication would amount to a betrayal if not outright treachery.

One of the first items of Congressional business in 2006 will be an effort to renew the USA Patriot Act.

Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first best country ever is at home.

Life springs from death; and from the graves of patriot men and women spring living nations.

For too long, opponents of the PATRIOT Act have transformed this law into a grossly distorted caricature that bears no relation to the legislation itself.

Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats, And ask no questions but the price of votes.

I never considered myself a patriot. I like to think I recognize only humanity as my nation.

For me the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that’s what separates us from other countries.

We should really focus on an American First agenda, and these climate pacts and climate regulations have been designed to not necessarily give American workers and the American environment a head start. It really gives our competition a greater ability to compete internationally and disadvantage American companies.

I will continue to be critical of the system. Every honest patriot continues to fight against it.

The American Republic and American business are Siamese twins; they came out of the same womb at the same time; they are born in the same principles and when American business dies, the American Republic will die, and when the American Republic dies, American business will die.

No one in their right mind can say to me with a straight face that the Patriot Act has not aggregated the Fourth Amendment.

I believe the Patriot Act strikes the right balance needed to protect our freedom and security.

I grew up watching American films, listening to American music, and it's a big contribution to the rest of the world. I mean, American jazz, for me, is the best thing culturally that America has produced.

The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.

Poor, successful, fallible Republican party! If it could only have kept the purity of the patriot impulse of which it was born!

In terms of the Patriot Act, and all the other things he has pledged he would do, such as transparency in government,[Barack] Obama has reneged on his promises.

I'm a patriot, and I think democracy is the best system available. It's very flawed, but it works better than anything else.

The Patriot Act is essential to our continued success in the war on terror here at home.

It's the reason the United States fell into the Patriot Act - because they were reacting.

I'm American. Very American. Like, I-might-have-biscuits-and-sausage-gravy-for-dinner American.

I was born an American, I live like an American, I will die an American.

For me, the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that's what separates us from other countries.

If you think about portraying Americans, for example, in a Russian film, it all depends on where the American is from, if they went to school or not, and if they're well-educated or not. Is it an American from Texas, or an American from Brooklyn? Things would change with the vocabulary and the accent.

It's not enough to be American. You always have to be something else, Irish-American, German-American, and you'd wonder how they'd get along if someone hadn't invented the hyphen

The Republican game is hilariously transparent: if Obama doesn't shift to more muscular postures, he's not a patriot. If he does, he's a flip-flopper.

It's a new day at the Department of Interior, and we need to examine what makes the most sense for the American people. These are American resources and American treasures, and we need to make sure we're providing the right kind of protection, oversight and stewardship of these resources for the American people.

Together we can save American lives, American jobs, and American futures.

I think there's a pride of what a real American can be. I mean, I'm a transplant, but I've got American kids and an American wife, and when I go back to England I feel more like an American, the way I look at the world, is more from an American perspective at this point. I've traveled every state 30 or 40 times, and have met an amazing array of people, and I have found Americans to be among the most kind and tolerant people I have ever met.

Netanyahu has taken on the toughest job in the State of Israel, and as someone who truly gives of himself, I consider him a patriot.

A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.

When I first envisioned 'Funny Games' in the mid-1990s, it was my intention to have an American audience watch the movie. It is a reaction to a certain American cinema, its violence, its naivety, the way American cinema toys with human beings. In many American films, violence is made consumable.

Today it is becoming harder to speak out, with the inception of the Patriot Act, the president has legislated free speech to be a crime.

I'm a patriot... Like my late father who came here and served his country as a member of the U.S. Army.

I didn't want to be on screen not nailing an American accent. It's an insult to an American! There are plenty of great American actors who can already do an American accent, so me, coming in and stealing their roles, the one thing I have to perfect is the accent. So for years I practiced. And we're lucky because the whole world is raised on a library of American movies. I would pretend to be Jim Carrey, and, I say Robin Williams now because he's in my mind, but those actors really inspired us to be crazy and be theatrical.