Howard Schultz Quotes

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.

Anti-Americanism from abroad would not be such a problem if Americans were united in standing up for their own country.

We, the people. Manifest Destiny. Conceived in liberty. Fear itself. Ask not. Morning in America. United we stand. Yes, we can. In times of great change and tumult, presidents seek to inspire beleaguered Americans by reminding them of their national identity.

But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.

If a man is going to be an American at all let him be so without any qualifying adjectives, and if he is going to be something else, let him drop the word American from his personal description.

We ought to be beating our chests every day. We ought to look in the mirror, stick out our chests, suck in our bellies, and say, 'Damn, we're Americans,' and smile.

I am not an American; I am the American.

The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise.

... a saucer into which the nation's passions may be poured to cool.

We are all Americans, sir.

Patriotism, love of country, and pride in the flag which symbolizes country may be feelings which the race will at some period outgrow, but at present they are very real and strong, and the man who lacks them is a useless creature, a mere encumbrance to the land.

We have an American religion; we do believe in a lot of things together.

Every nation has a home. The sentiment of nationality cannot gather simply round an idea or a memory or a program or about some function or status, such as a priesthood or an aristocracy or a Legion of Janissaries.

A nation is a body of people united by a corporate sentiment of peculiar intensity, intimacy and dignity, related to a definite home-country.

Obama's most radical goal has not been the transformation of our economy, our foreign policy, or our place in the world. Obama aims to transform what it means to be an American.

Anyone who assumes that this country is standing still is not a good American, or rather, he is an apathetic and dead one and makes no contribution to the society.

America is the one place where you can talk of 'this nation' and everyone knows exactly what you think. People put a flag on their porch, and they do have a desire to localize everything and celebrate things locally.

The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.

Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common.

It is my strong belief that the Chinese people are just as proud as we Americans are proud.

We've got to be Americans first. We've got to pull together and unite.

You can't underestimate how patriotic the people of this country are.

I want people to be confident in our country again.

There's something really beautiful about people from all different walks of life... who are bound together by this big idea about American identity and American unity and American interests.

I'm a huge patriot, and what holds a lot of value for me is to be part of Team U.S.A.