Cindy Sheehan Quotes

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.

As Members of Congress, we swear an oath to uphold the United States Constitution. It means something to be an American because we believe in our country, we believe in our people, and we believe in our constitution.

The Pledge of Allegiance is an important expression of our shared values, and it should be preserved in its current form. I fully support the Pledge of Allegiance and urge my colleagues to do the same.

For me, the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that's what separates us from other countries.

We have no national temples but the Capitol; we consult no common oracle but the Constitution.

You can call me whatever you want to call me, but I am an American. No one can take that away from me. No, no one can.

I am proud to be an American Citizen.

Speaking as a Democrat, all my life battling for what I conceived to be Democracy, and what I conceived to be right, I am yet an American above Democracy.

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

My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian.

Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them.

I am in favor, heartily in favor, of our Constitution and Bill of Rights and I owe my allegiance to my country at all times.

My political beliefs are my moral, quasi-religious framework.

A man may be loyal to his government and yet oppose the particular principles and methods of administration.

Leadership is preserving the nation's ideals.

For citizens to always be ready to defend and to maintain American ideals of public justice and liberty would add to the self respect of the people. It will teach the people to think of their government as a unified and exalted power for good in the world—humane, unselfish, and aspiring.

I have never felt like a second-class citizen. I consider myself a U.S. citizen. I appreciate and treasure my U.S. citizenship. I would never renounce or consider losing that citizenship. I want my children and their children to always have it.

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.

...the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism, is loyalty to the Nation ALL the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

Citizenship should be placed above everything else, even learning.

I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American!

… disagreement with the policies of the government is not evidence of lack of patriotism.

By "nationalism" I mean the habit of identifying oneself with a single nation or other unit, placing it beyond good and evil and recognising no other duty than that of advancing its interests.

I just like the United States, and I like being an American.

The American people are bigger than any president. I suppose I have faith in my country and in what it is founded on and the values we hold dear.