“What a glorious morning for America.”
—— Samuel Adams, said to John Hancock following a battle
Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.
—— Dave Barry
When nations grow old, the arts grow cold and commerce settles on every tree.
—— William Blake
As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.
—— Count Galeazzo Ciano, The Ciano Diaries
Freedom is a contagious blessing.
—— Stephen Covington
I think there are only three things America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music, and baseball.
—— Gerald Early, writer, baseball documentary, 1994
America's one of the finest countries anyone ever stole.
—— Bobcat Goldthwait
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
—— Samuel Johnson
I have not yet begun to fight
—— John Paul Jones
Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.
—— Shane Leslie
From the Far East I send you one single thought, one sole idea——written in red on every beachhead form Australia to Tokyo——There is no substitute for victory!
—— General Douglas MacArthur
I shall return.
—— General Douglas MacArthur
Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.
—— General Douglas MacArthur
War is a profession by which a man cannot live honorably; an employment by which the soldier, if he would reap any profit, is obliged to be false, rapacious, and cruel.
—— Niccolo Machiavelli
The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.
—— John Stuart Mill
The Middle Eastern states aren't nations; they're quarrels with borders.
—— P. J. O'Rourke
Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen.
—— P. J. O'Rourke
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
—— General George Patton
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
—— George Santayana
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
—— George Bernard Shaw
If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.
—— Wilfred Sheed
America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.
—— Arnold Toynbee
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
—— Typewriting exercise
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
—— Oscar Wilde
Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.
—— Oscar Wilde
—— Samuel Adams, said to John Hancock following a battle
Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.
—— Dave Barry
When nations grow old, the arts grow cold and commerce settles on every tree.
—— William Blake
As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.
—— Count Galeazzo Ciano, The Ciano Diaries
Freedom is a contagious blessing.
—— Stephen Covington
I think there are only three things America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music, and baseball.
—— Gerald Early, writer, baseball documentary, 1994
America's one of the finest countries anyone ever stole.
—— Bobcat Goldthwait
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
—— Samuel Johnson
I have not yet begun to fight
—— John Paul Jones
Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.
—— Shane Leslie
From the Far East I send you one single thought, one sole idea——written in red on every beachhead form Australia to Tokyo——There is no substitute for victory!
—— General Douglas MacArthur
I shall return.
—— General Douglas MacArthur
Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.
—— General Douglas MacArthur
War is a profession by which a man cannot live honorably; an employment by which the soldier, if he would reap any profit, is obliged to be false, rapacious, and cruel.
—— Niccolo Machiavelli
The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.
—— John Stuart Mill
The Middle Eastern states aren't nations; they're quarrels with borders.
—— P. J. O'Rourke
Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen.
—— P. J. O'Rourke
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
—— General George Patton
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
—— George Santayana
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
—— George Bernard Shaw
If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.
—— Wilfred Sheed
America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.
—— Arnold Toynbee
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
—— Typewriting exercise
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
—— Oscar Wilde
Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.
—— Oscar Wilde