Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

I believe President Obama loves this country and wakes up every morning trying to do what is best for our nation, even if I disagree with his approach.

I come from election, I come from the people. I owe gratitude to our people. I do everything for the good of the country and the people.

I am confident that I can serve my country without being involved as the president of the country now.

As it is for the good of all and the general well-being of the nation, I hereby consent; you may say to the people that I will remain. I will remain.

We need a president who will choose to do what's best for the country, even when it doesn't personally benefit them.

I believe all of us want to do good for our country.

For me politics is an opportunity to serve the country.

One should do what is good for the country.

I am simply not prepared to stand back and watch my country fall off a cliff edge. If that means voting against my party, so be it.

In 'Profiles in Courage,' my grandfather, John F. Kennedy, praised leadership that put country above party, elevated principles over petty politics and promoted progress before personal interests.

The only motive that can keep politics pure is the motive of doing good for one's country and its people.

I learned something then. And I believe it still. There is a value in taking a stand, whether or not anybody may be noticing it, and whether or not it is a risky thing to do. And if even those who are in danger can raise their lonely voices, isn't it more that is required of all of us, in this land where liberty had her birth? In America the true patriots are those who dare speak truth through power.

There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.

It is incumbent upon every person of every description to contribute to his country's welfare.

The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.

All I can do is present what I think is in the best interest of this country and how I can best serve this country and the president of the United States. And I feel very good about that opportunity I've had.

We should vote for the welfare of the country, not for the welfare of the party.

Surely, if it is the right of the people to "alter or abolish," it is their right to criticize, even severely, policies they believe destructive of the ends for which government has been established. This principle, in the Declaration of Independence, suggests that true patriotism lies in supporting the values the country is supposed to cherish: equality, life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. When our government compromises, undermines, or attacks those values, it is being unpatriotic.

Because I believe in my ... proud citizen of this country should be doing. And that is to try and put in as much as he takes out. I guess it's to the hard knocks of life that I attribute this conclusion.

One of the things that we have to change in this country is the idea that people can't disagree without challenging each other's character and patriotism. I have never suggested that Sen. McCain picks his positions on national security based on politics or personal ambition. I have not suggested it because I believe that he genuinely wants to serve America's national interest. Now, it's time for him to acknowledge that I want to do the same. Let me be clear: I will let no one question my love of this country.

True patriots believe that we should measure a citizen's worth by contribution to country and community, not by wealth or power-that those whom America has benefited most should contribute in proportion to their good fortune-and that serving others should be esteemed more highly than serving self.

Standing up to your government can mean standing up for your country.

If you love your country, then you need to be thinking a lot more critically about what justice.

Those of us who have the privilege to serve this country have an obligation to do our job as best we can. We come from different parties, but we are Americans first. And that's why disagreement cannot mean dysfunction. It can't degenerate into hatred. The American people's hopes and dreams are what matters, not ours. Our obligations are to them. Our regard for them compels us all, Democrats and Republicans, to cooperate, and compromise, and act in the best interests of our nation –- one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

There are times we have to put our body on the line for what we believe, for the injustices we see even within our own families.