Patriot Quotes

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Since its enactment in the weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks, the tools in the Patriot Act have been used by law enforcement to stop more than 400 terrorist threats to our families and communities.

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.

The Patriot Act is essential to our continued success in the war on terror here at home.

The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.

People talk about the Patriot Act that was passed immediately in the wake of September 11. What the Patriot Act did was break down the walls between the various agencies.

The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.

For too long, opponents of the PATRIOT Act have transformed this law into a grossly distorted caricature that bears no relation to the legislation itself.

I believe the Patriot Act strikes the right balance needed to protect our freedom and security.

I'm a patriot of the heart.

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

Decisive action has been taken on the home front with passage of the USA Patriot Act, which has strengthened the hand of law enforcement agencies to stop terrorists before they can act.

The very idea of true patriotism is lost, and the term has been prostituted to the very worst of purposes. A patriot, sir! Why, patriots spring up like mushrooms!

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

I think it's dawning on some Democrats that obstructing the Patriot Act, like they've been obstructing everything else, is bad for them politically.

A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.

NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty.

I think my biggest break though came probably on Patriot Games because it was the biggest, longest second unit up to that point. It was like five months of shooting and a huge crew.

In America, after 9/11, and after the death of bin Laden, and after two wars, one of them fought, a lot of people think, on false pretenses, and definitely post the Patriot Act, there are a lot of these questions about what can we do to our citizens in order to prevent the next attack.

Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act's provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts.

After careful deliberation, I voted today to reauthorize the Patriot Act.

To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who's your real friend? It's the person who tells you the truth. That's who my real friends are. So, you know, I think as far as our country goes, we need more people who will do that.

We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a terrorist, and that the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping.

A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot.

A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over... is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen.

Prior to the passage of the Patriot Act, it was very difficult - often impossible - for us to share information with the Central Intelligence Agency, with NSA, with the other intelligence agencies, and likewise, for them to share information with us.

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.

In a sad twist of fate, the bill to reauthorize the Patriot Act was debated on the floor of the House of Representatives the same day that terrorists struck again.