#allegiance

every man has a map in his heart of his own country and that the heart will never allow you to forget this map. (p. 18) ↗

— Alexander McCall Smith

#homeland #love-of-country #origins #love

To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#christ #cross #endure #exclusive #fruit

Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#actions #allegiance #belief #choice #feeling

Freedom of religion is a principle that is central to our Nation's Declaration of Independence. Congress has taken this positive step to protect our freedom to express allegiance to America's flag and the ideals it represents. ↗

— Ron Lewis

#america #central #congress #declaration #express

My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history. ↗

— Russell Banks

#been #history #major #storytelling

It's a bit loose and the people in my group have got other groups. They don't have to have a total allegiance to me. I think that's really a bit weird and showing some weird insecurity. ↗

— Graham Coxon

#bit #got #group #groups #i

Calling resists privatization by insisting on the totality of faith. Calling resists politicization by demanding a tension with every human allegiance and association. Calling resists polarization by requiring an attitude toward, and action in, society that is inevitably transforming because it is constantly engaged. Grand Christian movements will rise and fall. Grand campaigns will be mounted and grand coalitions assembled. But all together such coordinated efforts will never match the influence of untold numbers of followers of Christ living out their callings faithfully across the vastness and complexity of modern society. ↗

— Os Guinness

#calling #gospel #movements #vocation #work

Every citizen or subject of another country, while domiciled here, is within the allegiance and the protection, and consequently subject to the jurisdiction, of the United States. ↗

— Horace Gray

#another #citizen #consequently #country #every

But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial oath. ↗

— Harry Houdini

#am #assistants #ever #far #his

I am in favor, heartily in favor, of our Constitution and Bill of Rights and I owe my allegiance to my country at all times. ↗

— Julius Rosenberg

#am #bill #bill of rights #constitution #country