"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
"My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
John F. Kennedy on Memorialday"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."
Mark Twain on Memorialday"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism."
George Washington on Memorialday"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."
James A. Baldwin on Memorialday"A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle."
George William Curtis on Memorialday