Best Quotes For Patriots
THE BIBLE
It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a Bible-reading people. The principles of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom. Horace Greeley
All the miseries and evils which men suffer from, vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery, and war proceed from their despising or neglecting of the precepts contained in the Bible. Noah Webster, the Father of public education in America
But for (the Bible) we could not know right from wrong. All things desirable for man’s welfare . . . are to be found portrayed in it. Abraham Lincoln
The Bible, when not read in schools, is seldom read in any subsequent period of life. Benjamin Rush, the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence
CHRISTIANITY
Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers. John Jay, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoys. . . . Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government, and all blessings which flow from them, must fall with them. Jedediah Morse
THE CONSTITUTION
The religion which has introduced civil liberty, is the religion of Christ and his apostles, which enjoins humility, piety, and benevolence: which acknowledges in every person a brother, or a sister, and a citizen with equal rights. This is the genuine Christianity, and to this we owe our free constitution of government.
Noah Webster
God is our creator. He has created us with rights that some governments manage to violate, but no man can change or erase the essence of those rights being a part of us. Our founding fathers understood that in writing the Bill of Rights. The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights must be accepted on the whole as the foundation of our government. Benjamin Franklin
It is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue. John Adams
EDUCATION
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free . . . It expects what never was and never will be. Thomas Jefferson
Let the children who are sent to those schools be taught to read and write and above all, let both sexes be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education. Benjamin Rush
The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty. Dr. Benjamin Rush
In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed… No truth is more evident to my mind that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Noah Webster—Preface to his American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828
I am much afraid that the schools and universities will prove to be the great gates to hell unless they diligently labour to explain the Holy Scriptures and engrave them upon the hearts of youth. I advise no one to send their child where the Scriptures do not reign paramount. Every institution that does not unceasingly occupy its students with the Word of God must become corrupt. Martin Luther
FREEDOM
Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature. Benjamin Franklin
Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and lost it, have never known it again. Ronald Reagan
If we lose freedom here, there’s no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth. Ronald Reagan
If we become a people who are willing to give up our money and our freedom in exchange for rhetoric and promises, then nothing can save us. Thomas Sowell
If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the wrong of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values most; it will lose that too. Somerset Maugham
In the end, more than they wanted freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a
comfortable life, and they lost it all—security, comfort, and freedom. Sir Edward Gibbon
GOD
The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides , sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Patrick Henry
In the beginning of the Contest with G. Britain, when we were sensible of danger we had daily prayer in this room for the divine protection.- Our prayers, Sir, were heard, & they were graciously answered. All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a superintending providence in our favor.
To that kind providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? or do we imagine that we no longer need his assistance?
I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth- that God Governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that “except the Lord build the House they labour in vain that build it.”
I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the Builders of Babel: We shall be divided by our little partial local interests; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and bye word down to future ages. Benjamin Franklin, Request for daily prayer at the Constitutional Convention
GOVERNMENT
The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite. Thomas Jefferson
And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebears fought is still at issue around the globe, the belief that the rights of man come not from generosity of the state but from the hand of God. John F. Kennedy
The government is merely a servant—merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine right and wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. Mark Twain
The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first. Thomas Jefferson
LIBERTY
The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them. Thomas Jefferson
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The Declaration of Independence
But you must remember, my fellow citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price, if you wish to secure the blessing. It behooves you, therefore, to be watchful in your state as well as in the federal government. President Andrew Jackson, Farewell Address
And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift of God? Thomas Jefferson
Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it. Justice Learned Hand
And so it is written, the first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening Spirit. 1 Corinthians 15:45
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
2 Corinthians 3:17
PATRIOTS
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
Edward Abbey
These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated. Thomas Paine
In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs to be a patriot. Mark Twain
POLITICS
When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers just men who will rule in the fear of God. The preservation of a republican government depends on the faithful discharge of this duty.
If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will not be made for the public good so much as for the selfish or local purposes;
Corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the laws; the public revenue will be squandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizens will be violated or disregarded.
If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws. Noah Webster
The Church must take the right ground in regard to politics . . . The time has come that Christians must vote for honest men, and be consistent in politics or the Lord will curse them . . . God cannot sustain this free and blessed country, which we love and pray for, unless the church will take the right ground.
Politics are a part of religion in such a country as this, and Christians must do their duty to the country as part of their duty to God. . . . (God) will bless or curse this nation , according to the course (Christians) take (in politics.) Charles Finny, American Revivialist
PRIVATE PROPERTY
The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.
If “Thou shalt not covet,” and “Thou shalt not steal,” were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society, before it can be civilized or made free. John Adams
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto
TYRANNY
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes. Thomas Paine
It is when people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. Patrick Henry
Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants. William Penn
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