National Loyalty Quotes
He was referring to views like those of Stephen Decatur {599442} and Carl Schurtz {33636}.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
First woman elected to Congress. She was one of a handful of Congressman who opposed the WWI declaration. She was the only member of the House to oppose FDR’s request for a Declaration of War against Japan after Pearl Harbor.
Centuries later leaders have studied this speech and the actions taken by Elizabeth as the epitome of model leadership and morale building at a time of crisis. What made the event more dramatic were two monarchial norms of the time understood by all the citizens. Monarchs did not open themselves to the risk of very close proximity to their armies with only a handful of retainers. A dissident military commander could kill or capture the monarch as most soldiers had little loyalty to anyone but the commander who paid them. Second, monarchs usually abandoned battlefields where the outcome was uncertain and if not present certainly stayed away. Elizabeth in breaking both these norms was taking obvious risks with her own life (as a women for whom it was even more unexpected) and welfare to share the immediate fate of her subjects. It explains why an absolute monarch was extremely popular with her subjects—great leadership.
“Amor patriae” is Latin for “love of country”. Jefferson had a strong prejudice against cities, merchants, factories and economic entities other than farms or plantations. Despite his brilliance and amazing predictive ability, Jefferson’s prejudice caused him to challenge Alexander Hamilton’s view of the economic future of America. Fortunately, Jefferson and his views did not prevail.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
