Bob Riley Quotes
I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.
Riley, Bob. "Veterans Day Remarks." Alabama Department of Archives and History, State of Alabama, 11 Nov. 2006.
Joseph Addison had earlier written of such a situation. Recent research has strongly suggested that Hale may never have said these words. The American patriots wanted to have heroes and may not have been too worried about the documentation and historical research. See {621112}
Ataturk had been a military hero, but was very much opposed to war and military adventurism not unlike the Dwight Eisenhower and Colin Powell type leaders. However, the one thing that he thought worth the sacrifice of his own and other Turkish lives was Turkish independence and sovereignty. Historically, the Ottoman Empire which Ataturk finally ended, had dominated half of Europe and all of the Mid East at the cost of sovereignty of other nations and Ataturk saw no more important virtue with dying for than national sovereignty. See {125322} and {584501}.
Compare Nathan Hale's last words.
He asked for a lawyer, and was laughed at. He was jailed for 30 days and he never forgot it, even when he became the most highly paid writer in American history.
Robert Renfroe Riley is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party who served as the 52nd Governor of Alabama from 2003 to 2011.
