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Patriot Day

Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. – James Bryce

I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot. – Gary Hart

All of us have wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them. – Charles Dickens

While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil. – John Taylor

We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace. – William Ewart Gladstone

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. – Mother Teresa

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. – Alfred North Whitehead

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Letters to Lucilius

…a final comfort that is small, but not cold: The heart is the only broken instrument that works. – T.E. Kalem