Mike Fitzpatrick Quotes

It seems to me the Washington Monument is a symbol of America's power. It has been the symbol of our great nation. We look at the symbol and we say 'this is one nation under God.'

The American flag represents all of us and all the values we hold sacred.

It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment.

A star for every State, and a State for every star.

To me, the flag represents the greatest ideals of the United States of America, not the worst, but different people look at different things and have different feelings about it. That's what freedom of expression is all about.

If you've never seen people taking the pledge of allegiance for the first time as U.S. Citizens, it will move you: a room full of people who can really appreciate what I was lucky enough to grow up with, simply by being born in Brooklyn.

I believe it's not 100 percent right to kneel during the national anthem, because you have to respect what many have done for this nation. I think kneeling prior to the anthem, like the Dallas Cowboys have done, is right.

Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?

We have room in this country for but one flag, the Stars and Stripes!

Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.

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.

It may be the optimist in me, but I think America has a uniquely powerful and capacious glue internally. The American identity has always been ethnically and religiously neutral, so within one generation you have Italian-Americans, Irish-Americans, Chinese-Americans, Jamaican-Americans - they feel American. It's a huge success story.

What makes America great is that we can come together during times of national tragedy.

If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk.

Unfortunately a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to pass by one vote.

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.

We're Americans - in times of crisis, we step up.

Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity.

The heart of the People, North and South, is for the Union.

I live in America. I love being an American.

When I see the American flag, I go, 'Oh my God, you're insulting me.'

I strongly believe that every American should always be rooting for our president to do well, no matter which political party that he or she might belong to.

The flag represents all the values and the liberties Americans have and enjoy everyday.

Have you ever watched someone become American? Last week, at a national citizenship conference I organize, thirty immigrants from 17 countries swore an oath and became citizens of the United States. It was a stirring experience for the hundreds of people in the room.

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