Definition of Patriot

Patriot

One who loves his country, and zealously supports its authority and interests.

Becoming to a patriot; patriotic.

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Patriot Quotations

Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
Mark Twain

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
Voltaire

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

The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.
Alexander Pope

To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who's your real friend? It's the person who tells you the truth. That's who my real friends are. So, you know, I think as far as our country goes, we need more people who will do that.
Bill Maher

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'
Gilbert K. Chesterton

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

This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it's a four-year story.
Neil Young

The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.
Clara Barton

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

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

I'm a patriot of the heart.
Sylvester Stallone

Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice.
Jesse Ventura

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.
Jesse Ventura

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

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
John Dryden

In the last four years under the Patriot Act, we have seen a great increase in the ability of law enforcement officials to investigate and track terrorists.
Mike Pence

The Patriot Act is essential to our continued success in the war on terror here at home.
Mike Pence

John Ashcroft is not a patriot, John Ashcroft is a descendant of Joseph McCarthy.
Howard Dean

I am a fierce patriot, and I try to be outspoken about my beliefs.
Martha Plimpton

Prior to the PATRIOT Act, the ability of government agencies to share information with each other was limited, which kept investigators from fully understanding what terrorists might be planning and to prevent their attacks.
Chris Chocola

Even a liberal reporter is a patriot, wants the best for this country. And people, your fair and balanced friends at Fox, don't fully understand that.
Mike Wallace

Prior to the passage of the Patriot Act, it was very difficult - often impossible - for us to share information with the Central Intelligence Agency, with NSA, with the other intelligence agencies, and likewise, for them to share information with us.
Robert Mueller

The original PATRIOT Act greatly increased our nation's ability to share intelligence information, made better use of technology, and provided terrorism investigators tools that have long been available in cases involving illegal drugs and organized crime.
Michael K. Simpson

The PATRIOT Act brought down the wall separating intelligence agencies from law enforcement and other entities charged with protecting the Nation from terrorism.
Chris Chocola

People talk about the Patriot Act that was passed immediately in the wake of September 11. What the Patriot Act did was break down the walls between the various agencies.
Robert Mueller

The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.
Thomas J. Jackson

We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a terrorist, and that the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping.
L. Neil Smith

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

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Patriot Translations

patriot in Dutch is vaderlander, patriot
patriot in French is patriote
patriot in Spanish is patriota

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