politician Quotes
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The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility and out of self interest for himself, his family, and the future of his country to resist government abuse of power. He rejects the notion that patriotism means obedience to the state.
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If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.
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Our country is being run by incompetent people.
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I’m not going to quit. Why should I quit? This country is worth fighting for.
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Doing the impossible is the history of this nation. It is how this country was built.
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And where is the Prince who can afford to so cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand men descending from the clouds, might not in many places do an infinite deal of mischief, before a force could be brought together to repel them?
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Let the people know the truth and the country is safe.
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Die young, and I shall accept your death, but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all.
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Who saves his country violates no law.
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The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other.