Profoundly inspirational patriotic quotes will challenge the way you think, and help guide you through any life experience.
Famous Patriotic Quotes
We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it. Barack Obama
In America, nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.
This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. Franklin D Roosevelt
Our responsibility as citizens is to address the inequalities and injustices that linger, and we must secure our birthright freedoms for all people. Barack Obama
The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. Abraham Lincoln
I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. John F. Kennedy
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The fact is, with every friendship you make and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world.
We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit. Hubert H. Humphrey
It’s important that we establish that we are a country that has open arms and not closed borders for people. It’s important because we let people know why America is what it is. It’s about an ideal and that ideal is freedom for everybody
Only in America can someone start with nothing and achieve the American Dream. That’s the greatness of this country. Rafael Cruz
I’d like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and wanted other people to be also free.
Our country, right or wrong. When right to be kept right; when wrong to be put right. Carl Schurz
The patriot’s blood is the seed of freedom’s tree.
I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit. Theodore Roosevelt
For change often seems impossible until it is inevitable. Just as we must own our lives, we must own our country. For, we, the people, are ultimately in control of the America’s story.
Duty, honor, country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. Douglas MacArthur
In the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it.
Where liberty dwells, there is my country. Benjamin Franklin
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
Freedom is never given it is won. A. Philip. Randolph
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
In the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it. Barack Obama
Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.
Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history. John McCain
The essence of America, that which really unites us, is not ethnicity or nationality or religion. It is an idea, and what an idea it is that you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.
The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic have always blown on free men. Franklin D. Roosevelt
I don’t believe in the constitution because I’m American. I’m American because I believe in the constitution.
The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous. Frederick Douglass
That is the truly beautiful and encouraging aspect of freedom; no one struggles for it just for himself.
Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. James Bryce
Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.
It’s important that we establish that we are a country that has open arms and not closed borders for people. It’s important because we let people know why America is what it is. It’s about an idea and that ideal is freedom for everybody. Oprah Winfrey
This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. George William Curtis
The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride and history.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. George Bernard Shaw
Liberty is the breath of life to nations.
In America, nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you. Amy Tan
Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness
Laughter is America’s most important export. Walt Disney
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
All great change in America begins at the dinner table. Ronald Reagan
Where liberty dwells, there is my country.
The United States is the only country with a known birthday. James G. Blaine
America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination.
America is a tune. It must be sung together. Gerald Stanley Lee
With freedom comes responsibility
No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July. Mac Thornberry
America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.
America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. Harry S. Truman
From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. Frederick Douglass
America means opportunity, freedom, power.
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. Albert Camus
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
Our destiny is largely in our hands. Frederick Douglass
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.
America is not just a country, it’s an idea. Bono
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. Barack Obama
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. Ronald Reagan
The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty. John F. Kennedy
It will be celebrated with pomp and parade, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.
I think there are few things more patriotic than taking the time to make your country a better place. Michael Moore
You cannot separate peace and freedom. Because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. William J. Clinton
The fact is, with every friendship you make and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world.
What I can do for my country, I am willing to do. Christopher Gadsden
Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one nation evermore! Oliver Wendell Holmes
People in power are trying to convince us that the villain in our American story is each other. But that is not our story. That is not who we are. That’s not our America. Our United States of America is not about us versus them. It’s about We the people!
The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride, and history. Mike Fitzpatrick
We can’t all be Washingtons, but we can all be patriots.
When we honor our flag, we honor what we stand for as a Nation freedom, equality, justice, and hope. Ronald Reagan
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.
The American flag represents all of us and all the values we hold sacred. Adrian Cronauer
We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped with the first thing we ever invested, which was human liberty
I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It is the history of our nation, and it’s marked by the blood of those who died defending it. John Thune
What brings us together as Americans is so much stronger than anything that can tear us apart.
Without a struggle, there can be no progress. Frederick Douglass
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 success of liberty.
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Abraham Lincoln
The fact is: It’s true what they say about the United States. It is a land of opportunity. It is too various to get bored with it.
Freedom lies in being bold. Robert Frost
America is another name for opportunity.
We, too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We, and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees. Franklin D. Roosevelt
For you have been called to live in freedom. Use your freedom to serve one another in love.
You cannot separate peace and freedom. Because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. Malcolm X
This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. Elmer Davis
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.
We’re blessed with the opportunity to stand for something for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to. Ronald Reagan
May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please, but the opportunity to do what is right.
Where liberty dwells, there is my country. Benjamin Franklin
True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom, and equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth. Eleanor Roosevelt