Allegiance Quotes
235 quotes by 204 authors
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My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history.
— Russell Banks
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To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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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 is to the Republican party.
— Vincent Bugliosi
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You only trust those who are absolutely like yourself, those who have signed a pledge of allegiance to this particular identity.
— Judith Butler
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I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any…
— 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 apply to you. You chose…
— 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. Allegiance to it means partaking…
— 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 with us. Fighters are among…
— Janet Morris
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Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity.
— James Bryce
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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 had the words 'under God''…
— George W. Bush
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Loyalty must be forged - to him, to his: stronger than iron, from experience, from risk - it can't be bought, or taught, or promised…
— Janet Morris
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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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I have been scientifically studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so-called,) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I…
— Mark Twain
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Philosophers and theologians have yet to learn that a physical fact is as sacred as a moral principle. Our own nature demands from us this…
— Louis Agassiz
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Truth is a tyrant-the only tyrant to whom we can give our allegiance. The service of truth is a matter of heroism.
— John F. Kennedy
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Pledge allegiance to your principles, your family, your faith, but don't be foolish enough to pledge allegiance to a gang of thieves.
— Llewellyn Rockwell
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If we were united and strong, we'd elect our own emir (leader) and give allegiance to him... Take my word, if 6-8 million Muslims unite…
— Siraj Wahhaj
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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…
— Belle Boyd
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And what a bizarre time we're in, Jan, when a judge will say to little children that you can't say the pledge of allegiance, but…
— Michele Bachmann
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When we understand our baptismal covenant and the gift of the Holy Ghost, it will change our lives and will establish our total allegiance to…
— Robert D. Hales
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