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“We strain to tell Americans and aliens in this country that there's nothing unique about America, nothing unique about American civilization, nothing that requires their allegiance, nothing of great value that they should sacrifice for.”

Should Country America Values Sacrifice Civilization Unique Aliens Strain Allegiance Great Value

Author:Tom Tancredo

“Service is never a simple act; it's about sacrifice for others and about accomplishment for ourselves, about reaching out, one person to another, about all our choices gathered together as a country to reach across all our divides.”

Persons Country Together Choices Simple Sacrifice Accomplishment Reaching Divides Reach Out Our Choices Volunteerism Sacrifice For Others

Author:George H. W. Bush

“A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.”

Should Heart Country Politics Power Sacrifice Kings Determination Affection

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“We see the tendency in the world to criticise democracy and sometimes even to say that authoritarian countries like China are more efficient. That is very short-sighted. China looks efficient only because it can sacrifice most people's rights. This is not something the west should be happy about.”

People World Should Looks Country Sometimes Democracy Rights Sacrifice West China Tendencies Efficient Criticise Short Sighted Authoritarian Government

Author:Ai Weiwei

“I paid a visit to Yasukuni Shrine to pray for the souls of those who had fought for the country and made ultimate sacrifices. I have made a pledge never to wage war again, that we must build a world that is free from the sufferings of the devastation of war.”

World Made War Soul Country Suffering Sacrifice Praying Ultimate Paid Pledge Devastation Shrines Ultimate Sacrifice

Author:Shinzo Abe

“The soldier 's courage and sacrifice is full of glory , expressing devotion to country , to cause, to comrades in arms. But war itself is never glorious , and we must never trumpet it as such.”

War Country Causes Sacrifice Arms Glory Soldier Devotion Glorious Trumpets Comrade

Author:Barack Obama

“It is not worth it to sacrifice the interest of the country for the sake of my son.”

Country Interest Sacrifice Son Sake My Son Worth It Not Worth It

Author:Chiang Kai-shek

“Although a government study found that men's health was much worse than women's health or the health of any minority group, headlines around the country read: 'Minorities Face Large Health Care Gap.' They did not say: 'Men Face Large Health Care Gap.' Why? Because we associate the sacrifice of men's lives with the saving of the rest of us, and this association leads us to carry in our unconscious an incentive not to care about men living longer.”

Men Country Government Care Faces Found Study Sacrifice Groups Saving Health Care Unconscious Minorities Gaps Association Associates Incentives Headlines Minority Groups Women's Health

Author:Warren Farrell

“Our duty to ourselves, to posterity, and to mankind, call on us by every motive which is sacred or honorable, to watch over the safety of our beloved country during the troubles which agitate and convulse the residue of the world, and to sacrifice to that all personal and local considerations.”

World Country Watches Trouble Sacrifice Mankind Duty Safety Sacred Locals Beloved Motive Consideration Honorable Posterity Agitate Beloved Country

Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson

Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson

“There have been times when the Federal Reserve has restricted the money supply and raised interest rates to gain an end, which had much better been left to another Government agency or the Congress to attain. The country could have had lower interest rates without sacrificing anything else.”

Has Beens Ends Country Government Politics Left Interest Economy Sacrifice Gains Raised Rate Congress Agency Liberalism Reserves Federal Reserve Interest Rate Government Agencies

Author:Wright Patman