Lines about country, duty and freedom, from several nations and centuries.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Abraham Lincoln · Patriotic

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Adlai Stevenson · Patriotic

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?

Pablo Casals · Patriotic

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

John F. Kennedy · Patriotic

Give me liberty, or give me death!

Patrick Henry · Patriotic

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

Abraham Lincoln · Patriotic

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Thomas Paine · Patriotic

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

Nathan Hale · Patriotic

We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

Winston Churchill · Patriotic

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

Mark Twain · Patriotic

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.

Ronald Reagan · Patriotic

At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.

Jawaharlal Nehru · Patriotic

The revolution has not yet succeeded. Comrades, you must carry on.

Sun Yat-sen · Patriotic

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Nelson Mandela · Patriotic

America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.

Woodrow Wilson · Patriotic

These are the times that try men's souls.

Thomas Paine · Patriotic

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

George William Curtis · Patriotic

If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace.

Hamilton Fish · Patriotic

Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.

Charles M. Province · Patriotic

I am not a Virginian, but an American.

Patrick Henry · Patriotic

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

Clarence Darrow · Patriotic

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

Benjamin Franklin · Patriotic

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Verses and attributions checked against the poets' published collections; lines that circulate online under famous names but are not theirs have been left out. Translations prepared and checked by MyByteNest. Updated 1 October 2026. Spot an error? Tell us.

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