Truth is a tyrant-the only tyrant to whom we can give our…

“Maybe it begins the day you pledge allegiance, face the flag and suddenly clutch your left clavicle because you find a tender puff of…

— Marilyn Johnson

I was under the influence of the early modern masters, Fitzgerald and Steinbeck and Hemingway, especially, when I was a kid. I reacted against…

— Robert Stone

“The Pledge of Allegiance says 'liberty and justice for all'. Which part of 'all' don't you understand?”

— Pat Schroeder

They're counting on your patriotism to distract you from their plunder. They're counting on you to be standing at attention with your hand over…

— Bill Moyers

There is a congratulatory culture in the Gulf. From birth onwards, there is a culture of giving people trophies as markers of achievement for…

— Ayshay

“We may give our human loves the unconditional allegiance which we owe only to God. Then they become gods: then they become demons. Then…

— Lewis Carroll

In my imaginary utopian world there would be a greater allegiance between music writers and musicians.

— Emily Haines

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the great Republic of America, to our Elector Primo, to our glorious states, to unity against the…

— Marie Lu

Let's do more than say the 'Pledge of Allegiance.' Let us live it!

— Emanuel Cleaver

All of us ... should remember that no amount of flag-waving, pledging allegiance, or fervent singing of the national anthem is evidence that we…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“We're not to do everything man tells us to do. We are to obey the Lord Jesus Christ, and our allegiance to the state…

— Joseph C. Morecraft III

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“I would find no value in the allegiance of a fool ready to give himself up to any old hag of Black Imagination who…

— Frank Beddor

Allegiance, after all, has to work two ways; and one can grow weary of an allegiance which is not reciprocal.

— Anonymous

I think it is right for Canadians to be asked to show their faces when they're taking the oath. On revocation of citizenship, we…

— Chris Alexander