Share A Patriotic Quote

[C. M. Sheffield]

I know not everyone here on PB is American, but to the many who are, it's Independence Day here in the U.S. So, let me just ask if you have any patriotic quotes or hymns that you would be willing to share. And though you may not be American, you no doubt love your country, so feel free to share as well.

I'll start us off...

Judge Eternal, throned in splendor,
Lord of lords and King of kings,
With thy living fire of judgment
Purge this land of bitter things;
Solace all its wide dominion
With the healing of thy wings.

Crown, O God, thine own endeavor;
Cleave our darkness with thy sword;
Feed the faint and hungry heathen
With the richness of thy Word;
Cleanse the body of this nation
Through the gospel of the Lord.

This from the old Trinity Hymnal No. 620. The words are by Henry Scott Holland. My favorite lines are the last two: "Cleanse the body of this nation through the gospel of the Lord." Therein is the only hope for our nation.

 

[PuritanCovenanter]

"Give me Liberty or give me death." How is that one?

From what I understand the Patriots sang old 100 as they marched from Lexington to Concord. I would like to know if anyone else has heard that.

 

[Edward]

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson - November 13, 1787

 

[Zach]

Perhaps it is because the past three days I have had the privilege of working for the National Park Service at the Gettysburg 150th, but I have been enjoying this portion of the Gettysburg address for both its way of helping us to remember the past and to look to the future, under God.

"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." - A. Lincoln, Nov. 1863

 

[Mushroom]

Jefferson and Madison as stated in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798 & 99, "Resolved, That the several States composing, the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government ... and whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force."

 

[C. M. Sheffield]

Excellent quotes. Thank you all for sharing.

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever. -- Thomas Jefferson, 1871

 

[C. M. Sheffield]

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato

 

[christiana]

"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" - Patrick Henry

 

[AThornquist]

"Under
Surveillance
Always"

-Lew Rockwell