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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Thomas Jefferson

The tree of Liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Thomas Jefferson

No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God.

George W. Bush

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

Bertrand Russell

Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.

Bertrand Russell

We're already faster than we were at this same point of last year's season. It will only make Patriots this year even better than the last.

Liz Geary

He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Our 23 million patriots ? our veterans of World War II and Korea ? are rarely recognized other than on Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Yet these men and women are as patriotic as those who founded this nation.

Tom Graves

First of all, we did not sign any agreement. I think that we are patriots who are trying to save ourselves. This is more than legitimate.

Yossi Beilin

The Patriots are always in the game and never let it get out of hand. We did a good job of staying composed when it got wild at the end.

Ben Leiker

I'm just looking to contribute. I don't really know what their (the Patriots' brass) take is on me, but I'm going to contribute any way I can.

Michael Stone

This is a perfect opportunity for community building. Everybody can feel they can make a difference, ... from baking cookies to Patriots tickets.

Katie Hall

The team jokes that we're a dynasty because they say if the New England Patriots won three out of four and they're a dynasty, then so are we.

Mark Mears

That kind of irresponsibility has caused fringe elements to come out of the woodwork looking like patriots.

Christian Ramirez

It gave the team a lot of confidence to catch up to (the Lady Patriots). Hopefully we can keep the season going.

Oscar Ortiz

She's the New England Patriots.

George Shea

It's down to those three clubs, and that's really who he's choosing between. The Patriots could surprise us with a phone call, but we're assuming they're not interested.

Tom Mills

I think these events make young people aware of their heritage and the sacrifices that the patriots made to achieve their independence.

John Burnham

We ask the Young Patriots to raise all the roadblocks and get off the streets.

Charles Ble Goude

I'm not a Patriots fan, either. I know I sound like one [but] I tell everyone not to sleep on the Patriots in the playoffs.

Jason Taylor

I can't speak about their team, but I know we have hidden stars, ... Everybody knows on our team when they talk about the Patriots, it's not just one guy. They just say `New England Patriots.'

Deion Branch

The only thing where I can see the Patriots self-destructing is injuries holding them back, like to (running back Corey) Dillon or Brady. If they keep it together, they have a great chance to do it again.

Roger Craig

We're all patriots. We all love our country. We don't want to see it hurt. We don't want to see people that aren't supposed to be here, taking our jobs. It's just a matter of -- we love our country, and we want to see it change direction, as opposed to where it's heading now.

Peter Lanteri

You can't come out against the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots and make that many penalties, ... They won't beat themselves. Granted, they lost two coordinators, but they haven't changed.

Lamont Jordan

[The Patriots] are a much more physical team then we've seen. We just have to keep the ball low, and we should be able to control the ball more then we did [Wednesday night].

Brian Devlin

[The Patriots] are envied by a lot of teams around the league. I'm just happy to be here.

Amos Zereoue

I'm surprised the New England Patriots didn't take the decision out of his hands. As soon as this thing happened, they should have put him on IR.

Michael Irvin

Some of it is belief, ... A lot of guys who have gone through Pittsburgh believe in that system more than anything else. It's been very good to them. The Patriots, it's been very good to them also.

New York Giants

It lets me know how brave all of our Patriots were, and what they gave up. A lot of them, their lives.

Mark Webb

George, the Panthers' defense is pretty good. Which weapons of mass destruction in the Patriots' offense do you figure will mysteriously disappear?

Jim Nantz

It was more than I envisioned it being. It would have been great anyway, but the fact that the Patriots were there and they won made it perfect.

Tom Delaney

Many of our customers use the Super Bowl as an excuse to upgrade their home entertainment centers, whether they?re watching the game or not. We seem to be doing well enough without the Patriots? help.

Robert Hansen

We were not happy to be here in the first place. We were not the Lady Patriots we knew we could be the other day and slacked off. The girls came out strong tonight and gave 110 percent and more.

Mendy Cole

They take a lot of pride in being the Patriots, and we take a lot of pride in being the Crusaders.

Joe Peters

Last season, we kind of compared our season to the Patriots and Red Sox. They've shown how you can be an underdog and still win. You still give it your all.

Amy Ryan

April 15 this year falls on a Saturday so the deadline is extended to April 17. And as you may know, Monday, April 17 is a holiday. It's Patriot's Day in some areas.

Ilan Kempler

We support the troops, ... We believe we're the true American patriots.

Bill Mitchell

Any time you have two players like them out it can be tough. We are the Patriots. You know what the New England Patriots do when they have injuries. We need to be able to overcome things and work through injuries.

Tom Sullivan

The Patriots aren't that good.

Freddie Mitchell

Except for that last drive (on which the Patriots went up 30-13) we basically handed it to them.

Warren Sapp

There's a connection between those teams, ... The quarterback in particular plays so much like Joe Montana. New England plays as a group. The Patriots are heavy in teamwork and commitment.

Bill Walsh

I can't root against the Patriots.

Eugene Profit

These people are just as much patriots as those who carried a gun.

Eric Parker