Tag: Patriotism

“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 3:20 NIV)

“In the great fulfillment we must have a citizenship less concerned about what the government can do for it and more anxious about what it can do for the nation.” (Warren G. Harding)

 

“Patriotism is a mighty precious thing when it costs nothing, but the mass of mankind considers it a very foolish thing when it curtails their self-indulgence. (John Brockenbrough)

 

“Whenever you hear a man speak of his love of his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.” (H. L. Mencken)

 

“Many confuse the United States with the Church or the Constitution with the Bible. They feel that the good of the United States is the same as the good of the Kingdom of God. Some feel that the Constitution of the United States is as infallible as the Bible. However, one with wisdom notices that some things are Kingdom principles and some are not.” (Gayle D. Erwin)

 

“Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments.” (Charles Carroll)

“We have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.” (Abraham Lincoln)

 

“The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” (Psalm 9:17)

 

“Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to serve, not support for unjust claims, but frank assessment of its vices and sins, and penitence for them” (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)

“Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever.” (Thomas Jefferson)