Patriotism quotes

“I wouldn't give the English the steam off my pish!”
Robert Carlyle - Malachy (Dad)

“You are the lucky ones. You are going to serve God and country. I pronounce you handmaids.”

Victoria Tennant - Aunt Lydia

“I took an oath: Protect this country. My name is William Stryker, and I am not a monster. I am simply a patriot.”
Danny Huston - William Stryker

“- General Francis X. Hummel: Major Anderson, if you have any concern for the lives of your men, you will order them to safety their weapons and place them on the deck.
- Ernest Paxton: This is not happening...
- Commander Anderson: Sir, we know why you're out here. God knows, I agree with you. But like you, I swore to defend this country against...” (continue)(continue reading)
Ed Harris - General Francis X. Hummel
William Forsythe - Ernest Paxton
Michael Biehn - Commander Anderson

“Soldiers, no poor sap ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by being all that he can be.”
Tommy Lee Jones - Chip Hazard

“Ever since I was a kid I've wanted this, I've wanted to serve my country, and I want to go. I want to go to Vietnam, and I'll die there if I have to.”
Tom Cruise - Ron Kovic

“- Fa Zhou: It is an honor to protect my country and my family.
- Mulan: So you'll die for honor.
- Fa Zhou: I will die doing what's right!
- Mulan: But if you...
- Fa Zhou: I know my place! It is time you learned yours.”
Soon-Tek Oh - Fa Zhou
Ming-Na Wen - Mulan

“As you well know, I stand for nationalism, law and order, and economic prosperity. More importantly, I stand for the church... and a peaceful Salvador!”
Tony Plana - Major Max

“I'll be looking for patriotic, honorable, bright young men from the right backgrounds to manage the various departments. In other words, no Jews or Negroes, and very few Catholics, and that's only because I'm a Catholic.”
Robert De Niro - Bill Sullivan

“- General William Devereaux: Are you questioning my patriotism?
- Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard: I am questioning your judgment!
- General William Devereaux: I am here serving my president, and quite possibly not in the best interests of our nation. My profession does not allow me to make that kind of distinction.”
Bruce Willis - General William Devereaux
Denzel Washington - Anthony Hubbard

“I'm latino and I enjoy it.”
Paul Bates - Robles

“- Ward Abbott: I'm a patriot. I served my country.
- Pamela Landy: And Danny Zorn? What was he?
- Ward Abbott: Unlucky. Collateral damage.”
Brian Cox - Ward Abbott
Joan Allen - Pamela Landy

“Ask not what your country can do for you, only regret that you have but one life to live!”
Tommy Lee Jones - Chip Hazard

“I'd like to sing a song about the American Dream. About me. About you. The way our American hearts beat down in the bottom of our chests. About the special feeling we get in the cockles of our hearts, maybe below the cockles, maybe in the sub-cockle area. Maybe in the liver. Maybe in the kidneys. Maybe even in the colon, we don't know.”
Denis Colin Leary - Himself

You know, the root of the word Miller is a Greek word. Miller come from the Greek word "milo," which is mean "apple," so there you go. As many of you know, our name, Portokalos, is come from the Greek word "portokali," which mean "orange." So, okay? Here tonight, we have, ah, apple and orange. We all different, but in the end, we all fruit.
Michael Constantine - Gus Portokalos

“When you were riding around on your Indian and wiping your ass with the American flag, my father was in Vietnam. He fought there, and he died there too. So don't tell me I like you, because I hate your fucking guts, okay?”

Kiefer Sutherland - John Buckner

“- Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo': How can anyone learn patriotism from a school book?
- Young Missionary: The Government requires it.
- Old Missionary: The natives get used to it. Like vaccination.”
Klaus Kinski - Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo'
Dieter Milz - Young Missionary
Salvador Godínez - Old Missionary

“Speak up, America, for the home of the brave. Speak up, America, for the land of the free gift with purchase. Speak up, speak up!”
Reese Witherspoon - Elle Woods

- Roy Boy: I want to call the American embassy!
- Sheriff Bud Boomer: All I said was "Canadian beer sucks!”.
Kevin J. O'Connor - Roy Boy
John Candy - Sheriff Bud Boomer

“Here, the men's only choice is between German bullets and ours. But there's another way. The way of courage. The way of love of the Motherland. We must publish the army newspaper again. We must tell magnificent stories, stories that extol sacrifice, bravery. We must make them believe in the victory. We must give them hope, pride, a desire to...” (continue)(continue reading)
Joseph Fiennes - Commisar Danilov

“- Dysentery: Since when do we give a toss about this kind of bullshit?
- Punk Girl: Shut up, Dysentery! Where's your sense of national flipping pride?”

Ed Stobart - Dysentery
Gedren Heller - Punk Girl

“Make me a scapegoat if you will, call me a traitor, if you will; But please, let's save the country. The alternative to this treaty is a war which no one in this room can even contemplate. If the price of peace, if the price of freedom is the blackening of my name, I would gladly pay it.”
Liam Neeson - Michael Collins

Americans have risen up against tyranny before, and we will rise up again! In the words of another patriot: "We will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us God". It's time that somebody did something.
Edward Herrmann - Harry Johnson

“A real native is someone who is willing to die fighting for his country. There's nothing more to it.”
Daniel Day-Lewis - Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting

“- Shannon Christie: You'll never win this duel with Steven. We've all seen you handle a gun. Boy, I am giving you your freedom!
- Joseph Donnelly: I'm not going to a distant world. I'm of Ireland, and I'll stay in Ireland until I die!
- Shannon Christie: That's in about five hours.”
Nicole Kidman - Shannon Christie
Tom Cruise - Joseph Donnelly