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

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.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

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

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

A politician will do anything to keep his job, even become a patriot.
William Randolph Hearst

A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
Bill Vaughan

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

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

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.
Roger Wicker

Congress and the White House are working out their scheme for pushing through a healthcare 'reform' bill that has more pages than the U.S. Constitution has words. I guarantee you that not a single member of the House or Senate has a complete understanding of that legislation any more than they understood all the implications of the USA PATRIOT Act back in 2001.
Butch Otter

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.
Roger Wicker

Every American, regardless of their background, has the right to live free of unwarranted government intrusion. Repealing the worst provisions of the Patriot Act will reign in this gross abuse of power and restore to everyone our basic Constitutional rights.
Pete Stark

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.
Jim Sensenbrenner

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

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

I really think the Patriot Act violates our Constitution. It was, it is, an illegal act. The Congress, the Senate and the president cannot change the Constitution.
Peter Camejo

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.
Karl Rove

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.
David R. Ellis

I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot.
Gary Hart

I'm a patriot in the truest sense of the word.
Al Sharpton