Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Quotes

Let the grand errand into America never be forgotten.

One of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the great struggle for Independence.

Why do we not celebrate the 4th of July? The Declaration of Independence is just as precious to me today as it was twenty years ago! Has it not the same validity that it had in 1776?

If you read our Founding Fathers, people like Benjamin Franklin and Jefferson - what we're doing now in this country is making them roll over in their graves.

Our Founding Fathers would be proud of all that America has achieved, and will continue to achieve, in the coming years.

If the Founding Fathers and other patriots who fought during the Revolutionary War could see the United States today, I believe they would be proud of the path that the thirteen colonies, now fifty strong states, have taken since then.

Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?

The Pledge of Allegiance reflects the truth that faith in God has played a significant role in America since the days of the founding of our country.

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.

Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea.

Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has been taught to associate himself personally with this creative act.

… in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress

Coming out of 'Hamilton,' my patriotic spirit and love for my country is renewed. I think that's the case for a lot of people. It instills a newly revitalized spirit in terms of learning about the formation of our country.

The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It had only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican.

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.

If that was good enough for George Washington, it's good enough for me.

America is truly special because it's founded on an idea. It's the ideological and philosophical equivalent of a formless God, in other words, you know? It's, again, the only great country in the world that it is formed out of words.

The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world.

New Hampshire is one of the birthplaces of American freedom and independence - a place with a love and a passion for liberty.

America was not founded to improve health care or housing; it was founded for freedom.

In the summer of 1776 our Founding Fathers sought to secure our independence and the liberties that remain the foundation of our nation today.

My position is that it isn't government's job to mandate patriotism. To me, mandating a pledge of allegiance to a government is something Saddam Hussein would do.

The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession.

This is not a time to back away from the principles that this country was founded on.

People have lost what this nation was built on. I think our core values have been set aside... I believe in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights.