The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American. – Thomas Jefferson Category: USA Patriotic
Yet America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, "The Poet," Essays, Second Series, 1844 Category: USA Patriotic
National honor is national property of the highest value. – James Monroe, first inaugural address, 4 March 1817 Category: USA Patriotic
You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world…. We are not a nation, so much as a world. – Herman Melville Category: USA Patriotic
There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves. – Junius Category: Religion