patriotic quotes

Patriotic quotes encompass  a citizen's love for their country.  Although misguided for some, for most patriotism is a love of freedom and democracy.  Patriotic quotes perfectly symbolize these ideals.

From Abraham Lincoln:

"Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people"
Abraham Lincoln quotes (American 16th US president (1861-65), who brought about the emancipation of the slaves. 1809-1865)
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To Jimmy Carter:

"The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity."
Jimmy Carter quotes (American 39th US president (1977-81). Nobel Prize for Peace in 2002. b.1924)
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Great Americans have celebrated the thought of America with patriotic quotes.  Patriotic quotes do not simply glorify the perception of America.  Patriotic quotes inspire us to advance America.

From JFK:

"My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man"
John Fitzgerald Kennedy quotes (American 35th US president (1961-63), 1917-1963)
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To MLK:

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes (American baptist minister and civil-rights leader. 1929-1968)
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Patriotic quotes put forward the vision of a more equal, more just and more democratic America.  We can look to history for patriotic quotes or search within our present for patriotc quotes.

From Thomas Jefferson:

"Equal rights for all, special privileges for none"
Thomas Jefferson quotes (American 3rd US President (1801-09). Author of the Declaration of Independence. 1762-1826)
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To Bill Clinton:

"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America"
Bill Clinton quotes (American 42nd US president (1993-2001), b.1946)
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