Quotes: America & Patriotism

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. - Abraham Lincoln

Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea. - John Gunther

Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world. - Woodrow Wilson

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. - Theodore Roosevelt

He loves his country best who strives to make it best. - Robert G. Ingersoll