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

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

John Adams - Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.

John Adams - “Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.”

Josh Billings - "Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well."

James A. Garfield - For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.

Warren G. Harding - America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.

Will Carleton - Over all our happy country over all our Nation spread, is a band of noble heroes–is our Army of the Dead.

Will Carleton - “Over all our happy country – over all our Nation spread, is a band of noble heroes– is our Army of the Dead.”

Will Carleton - Over all our happy country - over all our nation spread, is a band of national heroes - is our army of the dead.

Will Carleton - "Over all our happy country - over all our nation spread, is a band of national heroes - is our army of the dead."

Adrian Cronauer - "Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity.”

George Washington attributed - We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall

MARGARET E. SANGSTER - Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes and the objects of our most watchful love.

Chuck Palahniuk - Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

The Ultimate Warrior - Martin Luther King can have his own self-titled birthday recognized as a national holiday, but not our country's first president?