Lawrence O'Donnell Quotes

I live in America. I love being an American.

Well, I have gotten by twenty-seven years, so that is something. I may die, but the Republic of 1916 will never die. Onward to the Republic and liberation of our people.

Just the basic principles of what makes America work for me are very strong in my heart. It's like no other nation in the world.

Americans want a nation-state: our own country with a history of freedom combined with responsibility.

A popular bumper sticker post-9/11, and pretty faded these days, proclaims drivers of the cars to be 'Proud to be an American.' It really should say 'Lucky to be an American,' for I doubt very much that the drivers had much say in having been born here, and are not old enough to have participated in the drafting of the Constitution.

Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.

I wish we would all remember that being American is not just about the freedom we have; it is about those who gave it to us.

I'm so proud to be American.

When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains, the great mountains and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, inner life in which freedom lives. In which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.

I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in the world for - you know, for me just because I've been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.

They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken.

Actually it's great to be an American. I love my country.

I believe in America. I'm one of those silly flag wavers.

We are all allowed to support whoever we'd like to in this country. That's the greatest part about being an American - one of them, that is; you know what I mean?

I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda, it's still a fantastic, amazing place.

We, the people of the United States, we are a great Nation with a great vision.

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

I was born and grew up in the greatest, the noblest achievement of the human race on this planet - which was called the United States of America.

Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom.

America is the friend of all the liberties of the world. She is the guardian only of her own.

The United States is the only country with a known birthday. All the rest began, they know not when, and grew into power, they know not how. If there had been no Independence Day, England and America combined would not be so great as each actually is. There is no "Republican," no "Democrat," on the Fourth of July—all are Americans.

Don’t apologize for your values. Tell the world why you are proud of America …. Being American means being free …

This country has been around for over 200 years because we live by hope and vision.

Liberty is what we Americans wanted most of all.

That people [the Founding Fathers] were few in numbers and without resources, save only their wise heads and stout hearts.