Happy Fourth Of July

“Yet America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson

In celebration of the Fourth Of July, I offer up a few choice quotes on America and patriotism, as well as some important links.

Thanks for reading Metromode. We’ll see you again on July 9th with a brand new issue.

-Jeff Meyers
Managing Editor

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QUOTES AND LINKS

“I love America more than any other country in this world; and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
-James Baldwin

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
-Abraham Lincoln

“What is the essence of America?  Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom “to” and freedom “from.” “
-Marilyn vos Savant

“The government is merely a servant — merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.”
-Mark Twain

“This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.”
-Theodore Roosevelt

“PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors.”
–Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

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

“In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, Brave, Hated, and Scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot.”

-Mark Twain

LINKS

The Declaration Of Independence

The Constitution Of The United States

The Bill Of Rights

The Emancipation Proclamation