Sacrifice for the Nation Quotes

Lincoln owes a higher duty to the country…than to fritter away the priceless opportunities of the Presidency in listening to the appeals of competing office—hunters.

… my kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country; not to its institutions or it’s office holders..

I did not get an opportunity to die for the country, but I have got an opportunity to live for the country.

The man who loves his country on its own account, and not merely for its trappings of interest or power, can never be divorced for it, can never refuse to come forward when he finds that she is engaged in dangers which he has the means of warding off.

'Twas for the good of my country that I should be abroad. Anything for the good of one's country-I'm a Roman for that.

America has many glories. The last one that she would wish to surrender is the glory of the men who have served her in war. While such devotion lives, the nation is secure. Whatever dangers may threaten from within or without, she can view them calmly. Turning to her veterans, she can say: 'These are our defenders. They are invincible. In them is our safety.'

A man thinks he is dying for his country," said Anatole France, "but he is dying for a few industrialists." But even that is saying too much. What one dies for is not even so substantial and tangible as an industrialist.

The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort.

A nation is not worthy to be saved if, in the hour of its fate, it will not gather up all its jewels of manhood and life, and go down into the conflict however bloody and doubtful, resolved on measureless ruin or complete success.

Stand Firm for your country, and become a man Honour'd and lov'd: It were a noble life, To be found dead, embracing her.

In ascending order the qualities of Patriotism are: 1. To work, fight, or die for your own survival. 2. To work, fight, or die for your immediate family. 3. To work, fight, or die for a group, extended family, tribe, or clan. 4. To work, fight, or die for a group too large for all the individuals to know each other. 5. To work, fight, or die for a way of life.

Freedom of a nation cannot be won by solitary acts of heroism though they may be of the true type, never by heroism so called.

All I am and all I have is at the service of my country.

Nothing will bring American sympathy along with us so much as American blood shed in the field.

You can't get any more patriotic than dying for the country.

I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people ... I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.

Identification with the rag called the national flag is an emotional and sentimental factor and for that factor you are willing to kill another - and that is called, the love of your country, love of the neighbor . . .? One can see that where sentiment and emotion come in, love is not.

As a soldier, I've served with the most brave people in an institution that's built on integrity, honor, and duty.

If France is to be judged, judge her not by the effects of her defeat but by her readiness to sacrifice herself.

If you want to serve the country, you recognize it's rough and tumble. And it's nothing like serving your country in the military.