Allegiance Quote by John A. Macdonald

The treason of which I stand convicted loses all its guilt, has been sanctified as a duty, and will be ennobled as a sacrifice.

— Thomas Francis Meagher

“Treason is a blow that comes unexpectedly. If you know your heart well, it will never be able to do that to you. Because…

— Paulo Coelho

“Your highest patriotism today is to respect the memory of those who have died in the uniform of their country by vowing that it…

— Willis Carto

And I take this opportunity to declare, that... I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God has given…

— James Otis

“It is treason to sacrifice love of truth, intellectual honesty, loyalty to the laws and methods of the mind, to any other interests, including…

— Hermann Hesse

Do not worry over the charge of treason to your masters, but be concerned about the treason that involves yourselves. Be true to yourself…

— Eugene V. Debs

“See that the mind is honest, first; the rest may follow or not as God wills. [That] the fundamental treason to the mind ...…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

Whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the consciousness that I at least meant well for my country.

— James Buchanan

Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards…

— Patrick Henry

No baseness or cruelty of treason so deep or so tragic shall enter our human world, but that loyal love shall be able in…

— Josiah Royce

“We live in a nation where education and free thought are tantamount to treason, and I have to ask, under these circumstances, is treason…

— Michel Templet

Sometimes I wonder if I'm patriotic enough. Yes, I want to kill people, but on both sides.

— Jack Handey