The American patriots of today continue the tradition of the long line of patriots before them, by helping to promote liberty and freedom around the world.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The New England Patriots have always been a special organization and I've always watched from afar.
The history of American patriotism is figuring out ways that we can work together to move forward and knit together the common government.
It is heroic to prepare for war with a tyrant power. Patriots will always win the admiration of mankind for daring to meet the bloodshed of battle for their country's liberty. But the patriot who is willing to go to that sacrifice will be the first to condemn the aimless and secret shedding of blood in time of peace.
Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.
The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise.
I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief.
There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.
I'm a patriot. I admire our military, their character, code of honor, belief systems.
The very idea of true patriotism is lost, and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes. A patriot, sir! Why, patriots spring up like mushrooms!
When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.