Thomas Jefferson
Politician, Founding Father
"A true patriot will defend his country from its government."
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Patriot
73 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"The nation is divided, half patriots and half traitors, and no man can tell which from which."
Aristotle
Philosopher
"Only an armed people can be truly free. Only an unarmed people can ever be enslaved."
Zoe Weil
Educator
"Someday, I hope that we will all be patriots of our planet and not just of our respective nations."
Voltaire
Philosopher, Writer
"He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead."
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"I don't want to be remembered as an activist; I want to be remembered as an American Indian patriot."
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"I am an old-fashioned, honest-to-goodness, flag waving patriot."
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"As I've said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis' future."
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"Traitors who prevail are patriots; usurpers who succeed are divine emperors."
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"Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats, And ask no questions but the price of votes."
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"A Patriot is someone who stands for his country always, and for his government when it is deserved."
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"We are in a strange period of history in which a revolutionary has to be a patriot and a patriot has to be a revolutionary."
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"Property must be secured, or liberty cannot exist."
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"I will not let the patriot act, the most un-patriotic of acts, go unchallenged."
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"For true patriots to be silent, is dangerous."
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"I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot."
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"John Ashcroft is not a patriot, John Ashcroft is a descendant of Joseph McCarthy."
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"Why should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away?"
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"It is unpleasing to represent our affairs to our own disadvantage; yet it is necessary to shew the evils which we desire to be removed."
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"At the bottom of all patriotism there is war: that is why I am no patriot."
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"Real patriots ask questions."
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"I'm a patriot of the heart."
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"This is 2003, 2004. And then I started - after the Patriot Act, I would always get my financial packages in the mail and they would just be opened. And it was like, what is going on here?"
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"Ron Paul warned everyone that the Patriot Act could be used against innocent American citizens. His critics said he was siding with terrorists. Now, either A. Ron Paul was right. Or B. All Verizon users are terrorists."
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