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Quotes About Allegiance

White is for Starks. I'll drink red like a good Lannister.
~ George R.R. Martin
My father once told me that some men are not worth having," Jon finished. "A bannerman who is brutal or unjust dishonors his liege lord as well as himself.
~ George R.R. Martin
Gendry, do you swear before the eyes of gods and men to defend those who cannot defend themselves, to protect all women and children, to obey your captains, your liege lord, and your king, to fight bravely when needed and do such other tasks as are laid upon you, however hard or humble or dangerous they may be?
~ George R.R. Martin
Family, Duty, Honor,
~ George R.R. Martin
My life is a poor thing, but it is yours.
~ George R.R. Martin
It is every man's duty to remain loyal to his rightful King, even if the lord he serves proves false.
~ George R.R. Martin
We must declare this Snow a traitor and a rebel," agreed Ser Harys Swyft. "The black brothers must remove him." Grand Maester Pycelle nodded ponderously. "I propose that we inform Castle Black that no more men will be sent to them until such time as Snow is gone.
~ George R.R. Martin
A sworn sworn owes his liege our service and obedience, but this is madness.
~ George R.R. Martin
Neither the first nor the second Lopez ever allowed anything to be said against Francia.
~ George Thompson
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
~ George Washington
Sovereignty, loyalty, and solitude.
~ Georges Bataille
Everything belongs to the fatherland when the fatherland is in danger.
~ Georges Jacques Danton
No one would speak, so Terence took a deep breath, let it out slowly, and said, "My liege?" "Yes, Terence?" "Twenty years ago I decided I would die for you. I may not be able to do that tomorrow, but if I can't, I can at least die beside you.
~ Gerald Morris
If I could not go to Heaven but with a party I would not go there at all.
~ Thomas Jefferson
Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his political life.
~ Jeremy Thorpe
I always voted at my party's call, And I never thought of thinking for myself at all.
~ W. S. Gilbert
The Empire does not require that its servants love each other, merely that they perform their duty.
~ J. M. Coetzee
Swear your fealty unto me, this night and forever more, placing none upon the earth above me and mine." Xcor
~ J.R. Ward
Xcor's own hand trembled as he reached forth. Grasping Wrath's palm, he kissed the ring and then placed it upon his bowed forehead. "Fore'ermore, I pledge my allegiance unto to you and yours, serving none other." Both
~ J.R. Ward
people didn't fight for grand causes or great purposes, but for the closest and most personal of reasons. They might say the fought for high ideals, but in practice they fought for the comrades beside them and their loved ones at home.
~ Jack Campbell
This expression of abandon and surrender, of absolute trust, he reserved for the master alone.
~ Jack London
I was born to two people who helped me imbibe feelings of nationhood in my heart and love for the country.
~ Sushmita Sen
Growing up in Chicago, there was a very particular type of home that would display the black Jesus figure. It wasn't a radical home. You wouldn't find these in a Black Panther house. There's still a strong allegiance to Christianity.
~ Rashid Johnson
At base, the ugly meaning of collaborator carries an implication of treason: betrayal of one's nation, of one's ideology, of one's morality, of one's values.
~ Anne Applebaum