“A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means.” MeanEndsSelfCountryWould BeLawEnjoyLosesFreedomLibertyVirtueWrittenSacrificeDangerHigherCitizensHighestPropertyObligationOur CountrySavingStrictPreservationSelf PreservationGood CitizenObservanceAdherenceStrict Laws Author:Thomas Jefferson
“Until the millennium arrives and countries cease trying to enslave others, it will be necessary to accept one's responsibilities and be willing to make sacrifices for one's country - as my comrades did. As the troops used to say, "If the country is good enough to live in, it's good enough to fight for." With privilege goes responsibility.” IfsTryingCountryEnoughUsedFightingResponsibilityAcceptingSacrificeWillingPrivilegeCeaseGood EnoughTroopsComradeMillennium Author:Eugene B. Sledge
“America's abundance was created not by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes. They did not starve the people to pay for America's industrialization. They gave the people better jobs, higher wages, and cheaper goods with every new machine they invented, with every scientific discovery or technological advance- and thus the whole country was moving forward and profiting, not suffering, every step of the way.” PeopleMenWayCountryWholeJobsAmericaMovingPoliticalSufferingPoliticsInterestCommonPayStepsSacrificeGeniusHigherDiscoveryCapitalismEconomicsMachinesFortuneMoving ForwardAbundanceProductiveGoodsTechnologicalWagesPursuedCheaperFree ManEvery StepCommon GoodBetter JobsScientific DiscoveryIndustrializationPersonal InterestPolitics And Economics Author:Ayn Rand
“The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to meet this challenge.” KnowsWayWantLongCountryOrderTermChangeChallengesEconomyEnvironmentSacrificeEconomicsBasesClimateClimate ChangeDevelopingLong TermSensibleBlunt Author:Tony Blair
“The old lessons (work, self-discipline, sacrifice, teamwork, fighting to achieve) aren't being taught by many people other than football coaches these days. The football coach has a captive audience and can teach these lessons because the communication lines between himself and his players are more wide open than between kids and parents. We better teach these lessons or else the country's future population will be made up of a majority of crooks, drug addicts, or people on relief.” PeopleBelieveMadeSelfCountryKidsFightingParentLeadershipLinesTeachAudiencePlayerSacrificeAchieveFootballTaughtCommunicationDisciplineLessonsDrugBasketballMajorityPopulationWideCoachesThese DaysCoachingReliefNbaTeamworkSelf DisciplineAddictCaptivesDrug AddictCrooksFootball Coach Author:Bear Bryant
“When you enlisted into the armed forces you swore to support and defend a Constitution that did not yet fully apply to you. You chose to endure the same sacrifices as your fellow comrades in arms to preserve the freedom of a land that was not yet fully yours. You accepted that you might have to pay the ultimate price on behalf of a nation to which you did not fully belong. Now, you will officially become citizens of the United States, a country to which each of you has already borne true faith and allegiance in your hearts and your deeds.” HeartCountryStatesMightForceNationsUnitedPayUnited StatesSupportSacrificeLandArmsCitizensUltimateConstitutionFellowsEndureDeedsAcceptedImmigrationPreservesBehalfAllegianceComradeArmed ForcesTrue FaithEnlisted Author:David Petraeus
“Our country doesn't depend on the heroism of every citizen. But all of us should be worthy of the sacrifices made on our behalf.” ShouldMadeCountrySacrificeDependsCitizensWorthyOur CountryPatrioticHeroismBehalf Author:John McCain
“Today, the biggest challenge we must meet is the one we present to ourselves. To not become a nation that places entitlement ahead of accomplishment. To not become a country that places comfortable lies ahead of difficult truths. To not become a people that thinks so little of ourselves that we demand no sacrifice from each other.” PeopleThinkingLittlesCountryTodayLyingNationsDifficultChallengesSacrificeDemandComfortableAccomplishmentEntitlementEntitlement Programs Author:Chris Christie
“It is alleged by men of loose principles , or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary or important qualifications for political station. When a citizen gives his vote to a man of immorality , he abuses his civic responsibilty. He sacrifices not only his own interest but that of his neighbor, and he betrays the interest of his country.” MenGivingImportantCountryPoliticalInterestReligiousViewsPrinciplesSacrificeSubjectsCitizensMoralityVoteAbuseNeighborStationsBetrayCivicsQualificationsImmoralityDefective Author:Noah Webster
“Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.” CountrySpeakDifficultLibertyTeachWonderfulSacrificeDemandTaxesOrdinaryTablesFolksLibertarianHungryContentmentLibertarianismAbyssDestinedRulingWonderful Times Author:Bertolt Brecht
“Those who can serve best, those who help most, those who sacrifice most, those are the people who will be loved in life and honoured in death, when all questions of colour are swept away and when in a free country free citizens shall meet on equal grounds.” PeopleCountryHelpingSpiritualSacrificeCitizensEqualMemorableColourSwept AwayFree Country Book:Wake Up, India: A Plea for Social Reform Source: Wake Up, India: A Plea for Social Reform