#allegiance

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. ↗

— Belle Boyd

#am #cause #crime #criminal #die

The Pledge of Allegiance does not end with Hail Satan. ↗

— Nancy Cartwright

#does #end #hail #pledge #satan

The slaves in Rome were incapable of leisure and so their masters gave them entertainment to keep them pacified. ↗

— Oliver DeMille

#ingenuity #leadership #leadership

I love my country, not my government. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#bill-of-rights #constitution #despotism #freedom #government

Place your allegiance and respect in what is everlasting and real, not in the transitory and false. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#loyalty #respect #truth #respect

When I left high school with my diploma, it felt like I was holding a key that would unlock the door to a better world. Every teacher I passed on my way down to the parking lot—the ones who suspended me for questioning them both earnestly and in jest, suspended me for using a contumacious hip-shake as my hallway gait, suspended me for me being me—the ones who would roll their eyes if my behavior was, on the whole, unpatriotic, unjustified, and immature—well, on the way down that long black declivity, their faces seemed so contorted as if lurking shadows had vice grips locked on their kidneys, wrenching it every time a teacher didn't want to remain upright and respectful. Yes, they didn’t want to me to succeed either! I pledge allegiance to the flag that united every authority in that indefensible school looked at me, even treated me, as if I was a terrorist, or at the very least, unpatriotic. But God—didn’t the red blood, white skin, and blue balls that flagged my physical existence suffice for me to have a little liberty and justice? ↗

— Brian Celio

#humorous #pledge-of-allegiance #humor

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

When the magistrate says 'That's not a good enough reason my man.' He said 'Excuse me, could I ask you? Have you taken an oath of allegiance to the Monarch?' ↗

— Anthony Holden

#ask #could #enough #excuse #good

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