David K. Shipler Quote

A true patriot never abandons his country at the hour of need.

I love my country, not my government.

If you love your country, you must be willing to defend it from fraud, bigotry, and recklessness--even from a president.

Me, personally. I do not know a soul who perished that day of 9/11. But it did then, does now, and I imagine it always will bring out the Patriot in me.

The land is always there...it is you who has to return

Rare are the handful of principles that incessantly drive us to stand even when we face the stark realization that we will likely perish in the standing. And rarer still is the person who will surrend...

I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.

Despite how utterly massive they might be, it is never the size of the arsenal nor the strength of the warrior. Rather, it is a heart bent on sacrifice that is the most potent weapon of all.

You are silent now who once stood on battlefields ravaged by destruction unimaginable, holding in those desperate places the line of freedom for others you would never know, and who would never know y...

While we tediously check our weaponry before entering into battle, do we check our hearts? For without exception, that is the greatest weapon of all.