VANITY: Need Patriotic quotes and citations

28 Feb 2005 | Trombone

[Trombone]

I am in the process of writing a musical tribute to the work of our military in Iraq, and I am needing quotes from our history that would apply to the mission these soldiers are facing.

I am specifically wanting the quote about the Tree of Liberty needing to be watered with the blood of tyrants.

Also, any quotes from our history that has to deal with the issues of freedom, sacrifice, the value of living in America; American family life, heroism, selflessness, the values we are fighting for (protecting our freedoms of religion, speech, property, travel) etc.

I know that Freepers can help me out.

Thanks,

Trombone

[GeronL]

They are all over this site =o)

BTW, its 2:13AM here... not many are awake...

[Echo Talon]

May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.
- General George Patton Jr

"You're never beaten until you admit it."
- General George S. Patton, Jr

"A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood."
- General George S. Patton, Jr

"Perpetual peace is a futile dream."
- General George S. Patton, Jr

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."
- General George S. Patton, Jr

"If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead."
- General George S. Patton, Jr

Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man."
- General George Patton Jr

"You must do your damdest and win."
-General George S. Patton

[borntobeagle]

"There are those, I know, who will say that the liberation
of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but
a dream. They are right. It is the American dream."
~Archibald MacLeish

"If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had
better seek another flag."
~Author Unknown

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we
falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we
destroyed ourselves."
~Abraham Lincoln

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of
America, and to the Republic for which it stands. One
nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all."

"In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce
man, brave, hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds
however, the timid join him, For then it costs nothing to
be a patriot."
~Mark Twain

"people demand freedom of speech to make up for freedom of
thought which they avoid."
~Soren Aabye Kierkegaarde

"I may not agree with what you say, but to your death I
will defend your right to say it."
~Voltaire

"They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth"
~Plato

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition
from mediocre minds."
~Einstein

[Trombone]

BTTT. Maybe it's morning in America now....

I usually have time to research, but I don't now.

Thanks again for your help.

Trombone

[AntiBurr]

The tree of liberty must be refreshed
from time to time
with the blood of patriots & tyrants.

-- Thomas Jefferson, 1787


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