sunshine patriot
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07/15/2010 11:56:00
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sun·shine [sún shìn] pat·tri·ot [páytree ət, páytree òt] noun
not a real patriot, coward: one who only protests or only fights battles that are convenient or easy to win, lack of courage
The American Crisis: "These are the times that try men's souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."
Thomas Paine (1737–1809), British writer and political philosopher.
George Washington ordered this pamphlet to be read to his troops on the eve of the Battle of Trenton, New Jersey (December 26, 1776).
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