Patriot Quotes

See also Core English Vocabulary (P) Quotes

I am an old-fashioned, honest-to-goodness, flag-waving patriot.

- John Wayne

On filmmaker Michael Moore during a 2003 episode of The Tonight Show: "He`s going to wake up every day for the rest of his life, and he`s going to tell us how he hates everything about this country except his right to hate it. And then we say that we love it and he`s going to tell us what naive sheep we are and that he`s the true patriot because he hates it and he sees all the problems in it. Yeah, right, Mike. You know something, if my yawn got any bigger they`d have to assign it a hurricane name, okay? Michael Moore simultaneously represents everything I detest in a human being and everything I feel obligated to defend in an American. Quite simply, it is that stupid moron`s right to be that utterly, completely wrong."

- Dennis Miller

It`s kind of a sad thing when a normal love of country makes you a super patriot. I do think we have a pretty wonderful country, and I thank God that He chose me to live here.

- John Wayne

I`m a patriot of the heart.

- Sylvester Stallone

I`m so in love with the United States. Not as a patriot. I`m in love with America like it`s my first girlfriend. The geography, the people, the smell, the touch, the taste, the gas stations. I`m madly in love with America. Madly in love. And I was the guy that people used to say, He`s so European." I mean, I never felt like that. I don`t relate to those monkeys. I just can`t relate to them. I`m a super American--Captain America."

- Vincent Gallo

To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who`s your real friend? It`s the person who tells you the truth. That`s who my real friends are. So, you know, I think as far as our country goes, we need more people who will do that.

- Bill Maher

I think it`s a great move for me, a great move for the organization, ... I`m just happy to be a New England Patriot.

- Corey Dillon

I don`t want to make people behind me wait even longer because the government presumes even momentarily that I am a terrorist, not a patriot,

- David Nelson

The Patriot system is good - I am not knocking it - but it was not designed to defend a wide area like an entire city from missiles.

- Don Nickles

Ronald Reagan was a true friend and an American Patriot. We are proud of him and his service to the country. We need men like him today.

- Glenn Ford

John Ashcroft is not a patriot, John Ashcroft is a descendant of Joseph McCarthy.

- Howard Dean

Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice.

- Jesse Ventura

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

- Jesse Ventura

NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty.

- Michael Badnarik

People often ask me why I always play villains. I tell them, `G`Kar`s not a villain, he`s a patriot!`

- Andreas Katsulas

And he moved the tyranny and suppression of freedom to his own country, and they called it the Patriot Act under the disguise of fighting terrorism.

- Osama bin Laden

The government`s success in preventing another catastrophic attack on the American homeland in the 20 months since September 11, 2001 would have been much more difficult, if not impossibly so, without the USA Patriot Act,

- Jamie Anne Allman

I think it`s dawning on some Democrats that obstructing the Patriot Act, like they`ve been obstructing everything else, is bad for them politically.

- Karl Rove

I think my biggest break though came probably on Patriot Games because it was the biggest, longest second unit up to that point. It was like five months of shooting and a huge crew.

- David Ellis

"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober."

- G.K. Chesterton

I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot.

- Gary Hart

The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.

- Alan Kral

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

- Alex Beuzelin

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

- Alex Latham

Since we enacted the PATRIOT Act almost three years ago, there has been tremendous public debate about its breadth and implications on due process and privacy.

- Alexandre Vasarhelyi

US law enforcement and intelligence authorities have utilized the PATRIOT Act to thwart the plans of terrorists intent on attacking our nation again.

- Alice Hoglan

It is no coincidence that terrorists have not successfully attacked America since passage of the PATRIOT Act a month following 9/11.

- Alice Hoglan

In a sad twist of fate, the bill to reauthorize the PATRIOT Act was debated on the floor of the House of Representatives the same day that terrorists struck again.

- Alice Hoglan

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.

- Alice Hoglan

The PATRIOT Act removed major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and national defense communities from talking and coordinating their work to protect the American people and our national security.

- Allan Meltzer

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

- Amaury de Barros Conti

While 16 provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire at the end of this year, the threat of terrorism to our families and our cities will not.

- Amber Bacon

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

- Amber Bacon

In the last four years under the Patriot Act, we have seen a great increase in the ability of law enforcement officials to investigate and track terrorists.

- Amber Bacon

Prior to the passage of the Patriot Act, it was very difficult - often impossible - for us to share information with the Central Intelligence Agency, with NSA, with the other intelligence agencies, and likewise, for them to share information with us.

- Andra Turner

People talk about the Patriot Act that was passed immediately in the wake of September 11. What the Patriot Act did was break down the walls between the various agencies.

- Andra Turner

The very idea of true patriotism is lost, and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes. A patriot, sir! Why, patriots spring up like mushrooms!

- Andre Bishop

It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot.

- Andre Bishop

Decisive action has been taken on the home front with passage of the USA Patriot Act, which has strengthened the hand of law enforcement agencies to stop terrorists before they can act.

- Andre Godin

Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act`s provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts.

- Andre Godin

Since 2001, the Patriot Act has provided the means to detect and disrupt terrorist threats against the U.S. Prior to enactment of the law, major legal barriers prevented intelligence, national defense, and law enforcement agencies from working together and sharing information.

- Andre Godin

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

- Andre Godin

(Dingle) was a leader in the effort to protect service members from the avoidable health risks posed by the Pentagon`s mandatory use ... Connecticut and the nation have lost a talented pilot and a dedicated patriot.

- Anthony Byett

It really explains a lot. His cavalier attitude towards imprisonment and even death penalties for people who make the same mistakes with drugs he once personally made, his relentless drive to subvert Democracy via election fraud, his removal of basic human rights for all Americans via the Patriot Act, his support of monopolization of all American Business, his tax giveaways to the wealthy while joblessness and poverty are at a level not seen since the days of Herbert Hoover, and his drive towards world domination via a refusal to build consensus with the rest of the world, have all been written off as neo-conservatism, but in reality, even the hardest of right wing ideologies couldn`t account for all of the President`s behavior.

- Anthony McIntyre

We are very saddened by the news that a patriot and a police officer has paid the ultimate price for serving his country,

- Austin Fesmire

The field hockey staff is thrilled about our teams continued success in the classroom. To win the Patriot League and still achieve excellence in the classroom is something we are very proud of. This team continues to excel as talented student-athletes each year.

- Barbara Hughes

The fact that Congress wasn`t aware that the FBI has used some 30,000 national security letters over the past few years is an indication that not enough oversight has been done. The money-laundering sections of the Patriot Act require scores of businesses to track the transactions of their customers and report to the government. It`s an aspect of the Patriot Act that doesn`t get much attention, but it should. This has huge implications for people`s privacy.

- Barbara Sher

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

- Edward Abbey

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

- Voltaire

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead.

- Voltaire