ask not what your country can do for you;
ask what you can do for your country.
- John F. Kennedy
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
- Clarence Darrow
Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost
my generation to preserve your freedom.
I hope you will make good use of it.
- John Quincy Adams
Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow -
red, yellow, brown, black and white - and we're all precious in God's sight.
- Jesse Brown
We are not afraid to follow truth
wherever it may lead,
nor to tolerate any error
so long as reason is left free to combat it.
- Thomas Jefferson
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
- Howard Zinn
Patriotism consists not in waving the flag,
but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.
- James Bryce
Further reading: Independence Day
Make a Difference, Vote
Presidents' Day
Save Only the Best of the Old Ways
