Famous Quotes

"True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going."

Robert Reich on Memorialday

More quotes about Memorialday

• "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

More quotes by Robert Reich

• "The liberal ideal is that everyone should have fair access and fair opportunity. This is not equality of result. It's equality of opportunity. There's a fundamental difference."

• "True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going."

• "The largest party in America, by the way, is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters."

• "Our moral authority is as important, if not more important, than our troop strength or our high-tech weapons. We are rapidly losing that moral authority, not only in the Arab world but all over the world."