Thoughts for Thursday is a new meme hosted by Musings on Fantasia and LKHill. In this meme, we share thoughts or quotes that we know or have recently come across. Each week there is a specific subject or theme. These can be quotes from books, quotes by famous people, (quotes by YOU, perhaps ;D). Anything from anywhere is game, though we do ask that you keep your quote to a few sentences at most. Don't quote, for example, entire passages of a book or essay. These can be funny quips, cool sayings, hair-raising antidotes, movie lines, any kind of quote you can think of!
Just have fun, collect awesome sayings by awesome people, and try to be inspired!
So I'm a week late on the theme again. I tend to do that with holiday themes. I should have done this last week, but oh well! This week's theme is quotes about patriotism.
What's your favorite quote about patriotism? Do you have one to add?
Just have fun, collect awesome sayings by awesome people, and try to be inspired!
So I'm a week late on the theme again. I tend to do that with holiday themes. I should have done this last week, but oh well! This week's theme is quotes about patriotism.
"A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works."--Bill Vaughan
"Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost."--Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
"Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.--David McCullough, John Adams
"Guard against the impostures of pretend patriotism."--George Washington
"Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventative of crime."--George Barrow
What's your favorite quote about patriotism? Do you have one to add?
I will work on embracing my next ticket! It's true though-- we may get irritated by some facets of our freedom, but overall, works remarkably well.
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