“You can't call it country music if it ain't got a fiddle and a steel guitar in it.”— David Allan Coe
“There are three kinds of patriots, two bad, one good. The bad ones are the uncritical lovers and the loveless critics. The good patriots are those who carry on a lover's quarrel with their country.”— William Sloane Coffin Jr.
“A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.”— George William Curtis
“The love of country is a passion which has been found to prevail in every state of society.”— Adam Ferguson
“Patriotism is a form of love. It is a love of country, which is a love of the things that make up a country.”— Jonah Goldberg
“All you need to write a country song is a guitar, a bottle of whiskey, and a heartache.”— Harlan Howard
“I am confirmed in my belief that a man's zeal for his country is a virtuous passion.”— Julia Ward Howe
“I've always had a great respect for the flag and our country. I'm a very patriotic person.”— Carl Karcher