Our Allegiance Quotes

17 quotes by 15 authors

Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. — James Bryce
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
...We need to assert our allegiance to the human race, and not to any one nation. — Howard Zinn
What makes us exceptional, what makes us America is our allegiance to an idea articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago. We… — Barack Obama
Were aligning ourselves with Kerry. Our allegiance will be for peace, against war, no more deaths for oil, and for a dialogue between the government… — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
Human existence may be simpler than we thought. There is no predestination, no unfathomed mystery of life. Demons and gods do not vie for our… — E. O. Wilson
What makes life worthwhile is having a big enough objective, something which catches our imagination and lays hold of our allegiance, and this the Christian… — J I Packer
Despair ... is the only cure for illusion. Without despair we cannot transfer our allegiance to reality - it's a kind of mourning period for… — Philip Slater
Not to discontinue our allegiance, in this case, would be to join with the sovereign in promoting the slavery and misery of that society, the… — Jonathan Mayhew
Our allegiance is to the principles always, and not to the persons. Persons are but the embodiments, the illustrations of the principles. If the principles… — Swami Vivekananda
The decision we must make now is whether we will give our allegiance to outmoded and unjust customs or to the ethical demands of the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
She made a sound of regret. â€˜We come second, you and I, Luc-ien,â€™ she said. â€˜Our allegiance is always to our kingdoms. Without that allegiance,… — Melina Marchetta
No amount of time will weaken our allegiance to avenging those lost in the horrible attacks. America has a sharp memory, a firm resolve, and… — John Doolittle
Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not… — James Bryce
So it goes for those of us who live in a cul-de-sac, where babies are brought home from the hospital and watched over, where hearts… — John Ortberg

Who Wrote These Our Allegiance Quotes

15 authors contributed a total of 17 Our Allegiance Quotes as follows: