God Bless America Quotes

• God bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her through the night with a light from above.

  Irving Berlin

  Night, Light, Land

  "God Bless America" (song) (1939) See Peeke 1

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• God bless America, land that I love,
  Stand beside her, and guide her,
  Through the night, with the light from above,
  From the mountains, to the prairies
  To the oceans, white with foam
  God bless America, my home sweet home,
  God bless America! My Home Sweet Home!

  Irving Berlin

  Sweet, Ocean, Home

  "God Bless America" (song) (1939) See Peeke 1

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• God bless America, land that I love.

  Irving Berlin

  Land, America, Berlin

  "God Bless America" (song) (1939) See Peeke 1

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• Ladies and gentlemen, god bless America - land of the free, home of the brave.

  Dave Grohl

  Home, Land, America

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• It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!

  Unknown

  Bible, God, Education

  Patrick Henry (2007). “Patrick Henry in his speeches and writings and in the words of his contemporaries”, Warwick House Publishing

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• God bless America, God Save the Queen, God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.

  Russell Crowe

  Queens, Australia Day, America

  "Kiwis find something to crow about". www.telegraph.co.uk. March 28, 2001.

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• I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.

  Thomas Jefferson

  God, Country, War

  Notes on the State of Virginia, query 18 (1781 - 1785)

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• Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Bible, God, Religious

  Abraham Lincoln (2011). “Lincoln on the Civil War: Selected Speeches”, p.44, Penguin

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• For years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?

  Anne Graham Lotz

  Life, God, Christian

  "Ben Stein, God, and Me". Interview with Norman Horowitz, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 15, 2006.

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• The story about me, apocryphal or not, is that I could sing before I spoke. My parents went into bedroom one day and there I was standing in the crib singing God Bless America.

  Linda Lavin

  America, Parent, Singing

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• The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing "God Bless America." No, no, no, God d*mn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people. God d*mn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God d*mn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme.

  Jeremiah Wright

  Government, Law, America

  "Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. April 25, 2008.

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• During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.

  Kate Smith

  America, Presidential, Speech

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• No, no, no, not God bless America — God damn America!

  Jeremiah Wright

  America, God Bless, Damn

  "Why Rev. Wright Was Wrong for Oprah". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. May 5, 2008.

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• God bless America. Let's try to save some of it.

  Edward Abbey

  America, Trying, God Bless

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• God bless America - what other civilization would give Patrick Dempsey another shot to rule as a sex symbol, twenty years after 'Meatballs III: Summer Job?' His reign as Dr. McDreamy on 'Grey's Anatomy' is proof that there's nothing we love more than giving Eighties celebs a heartwarming second stab at life.

  Rob Sheffield

  Summer, Jobs, Sex

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• US is a very religious country. Separation of church and state is part of our credo, but that it is hard to understand since our money says "In God we trust" and every President says "God bless America".

  Madeleine Albright

  Country, Religious, America

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• God bless America. And no place else.

  Chris Rock

  America, God Bless, Head Of State

  "Head of State". www.imdb.com. 2003.

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• Paradise is the here and now, the actual, tangible, dogmatically real Earth on which we stand. Yes, God bless America, the Earth upon which we stand.

  Edward Abbey

  Real, Journey, Hiking

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• We are more united than ever before. I think this was exemplified in a very moving way when the members of our Congress stood shoulder to shoulder the other day and sang God Bless America.

  Billy Graham

  Moving, Thinking, America

  Address at the Episcopal National Cathedral, Delivered 14 September, National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, Washington D.C.

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• God bless America. But God, please help Canada.

  Christopher Titus

  Philosophy, Philosophical, America

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• This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time. None of us will ever forget this day. Yet, we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world. Thank you. Good night, and God bless America.

  George W. Bush

  Good Night, America, Our World

  9/11 Address to the Nation, delivered 11 September, Oval Office, Washington, D.C.

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• The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity

  John Adams

  Father, Independence, Principles

  John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1856). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.45

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• We are honored to have had the opportunity to serve our country under difficult circumstances. We are profoundly grateful to our Commander-in-Chief and to our nation for this day. God bless America.

  Jeremiah Denton

  Country, Grateful, Opportunity

  National POW/MIA Recognition Day speech, www.afoutreach.af.mil. 2003.

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• My heart trembles when I reflect that God is just

  Thomas Jefferson

  God, Patriotic, Heart

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• God Bless America started to become an almost ritualistic incantation at the end of political speeches really with Ronald Reagan. It appears occasionally before, but it was not that common. And of course since it was a song that wasn't written by Irving Berlin until the 20th century (laughter), none of the 19th century presidents said God Bless America at the end of speeches, either. I think that the symbolism which suggests that everybody is religious and that even presidents who believe in church and state feel obliged to do this.

  Susan Jacoby

  Song, Religious, Laughter

  "'Strange Gods' Chronicles The History Of Secularism And Conversion". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. February 17, 2016.

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