Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" What I can do for my country, I am willing to do. "

Christopher Gadsden

Related Quotes:

" I give no more paroles to British officers. "

Christopher Gadsden

" Who sows virtue reaps honor. "

Leonardo da Vinci

" And, Mr. Speaker, if the Governor and Council don't see fit to fall in with us, I say let the general duty law, and all, go to the devil, sir, and go about our business. "

Christopher Gadsden

" Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. "

" My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. "

John F. Kennedy

" Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism. "

George Washington

" Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade. "

Philip James Bailey

" On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live. "

" May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country. "

" It may not be proper for me, perhaps, to let my feelings carry me further am therefore resigned to stop here, if sir, you think my particular reasons following too free, or will give offense to the House, which I would be sorry to be thought capable of intending. "

Christopher Gadsden

" Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life. "

" A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. "

George William Curtis

" In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. "

Martin Luther King, Jr.

" I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory. "

Alexander Smith

" My sentiments for the American cause, from the Stamp Act downward, have never changed... I am still of opinion that it is the cause of liberty and of human nature. "

Christopher Gadsden

" I therefore beg that you would indulge me with the liberty of declining the arduous trust. "

Christopher Gadsden

" There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism. "

Michael Ignatieff

" The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude. "

" The present times require the vigor and the activity of the prime of life; but I feel the increasing infirmities of age to such a degree, that I am conscious I cannot serve you to advantage. "

Christopher Gadsden

" I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism. "

" There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism. "

Robert Charles Winthrop

" No man in America ever strove more, and more successfully first to bring about a Congress in 1765, and then to support it ever afterwards than myself. "

Christopher Gadsden

" There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America. "

William J. Clinton

" I gave my parole once, and it has been shamefully violated by the British Government; I shall not give another to people on whom no faith can be reposed. "

Christopher Gadsden

" If my acceptance of the office of Governor would serve my country, though my administration would be attended with the loss of personal credit and reputation, I would cheerfully undertake it. "

Christopher Gadsden

" As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars. "

" True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going. "

" The House of Commons, refused to receive the addresses of the colonies, when the matter was pending; besides, we hold our rights neither from them nor from the Lords. "

Christopher Gadsden