"If it is a crime to love the……" — Belle Boyd
"If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in this prison and die than leave it owing allegiance to a government such as yours."
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15 Quotes by Belle Boyd
Belle Boyd has 15 quotes on this site.
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A true woman always loves a real soldier.
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The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.
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I only wanted to help my people.
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Meanwhile, my residence within the Federal lines, and my acquaintance with so many of the officers, the origin of which…
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I hope that when I commence that oath, my tongue may cleave to the roof of my mouth. If I…
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I firmly believe that in this fiery ordeal, in this suffering, misery, and woe, the South is but undergoing a…
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I thank God that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman.
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Fortune has played me a sad trick by letting me live on and on.
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Just previous to the birth of my little son, my mind gave way and my child was born in the…
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What a jolly thing military surveillance is!
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My memoirs were written, and a portion of them already in the hands of the publishers, when the startling news…
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Politically I did not like Mr. Lincoln, for in him I saw the destroyer.
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More Allegiance Quotes
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My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history.
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To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to…
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If you're honest with yourself, you're going to find out whether you truly love America, or whether your primary allegiance…
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You only trust those who are absolutely like yourself, those who have signed a pledge of allegiance to this particular…
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I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West,…
— Henry Clay
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When you enlisted into the armed forces you swore to support and defend a Constitution that did not yet fully…
— David Petraeus
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You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance.…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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What we hold sacred is honor, justice, and glory. You need not swear allegiance to our storm god, to serve…
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Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and…
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I wouldn't pick a judge who said that the Pledge of Allegiance couldn't be said in a school because it…
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Loyalty must be forged - to him, to his: stronger than iron, from experience, from risk - it can't be…
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
— Seneca the Younger
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