George III Quotes

For the King, for the people, for the law.

Responsibility and accountability is a big part of being in the military.

I am not ordering you to fight for your country. I am ordering you to die for your country!

There are things a man must not do to save a nation.

A people may let a king fall and still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.

I know the title of a King is a glorious title, but assure yourself that the shining glory of princely authority hath not so dazzled the eyes of our understanding, but that we well know and remember that we also are to yield an account of our actions before the Great Judge.

I own frankly now that I am to engage, that what I may do may be reckoned and will be reckoned desperate. All appearances seem to be against me. Interest, prudence, and the obligations to you which I lie under, will prevent most people in my situation from taking a resolution that may probably end in my utter ruin. My life, my fortune, my expectations, the happiness of my wife and children are all at stake …, and yet a principle (what seems to me) honour, and my duty to King and Country, outweighs everything.

A good king is a public servant.

Your government means to be paternal—it is only weak…. Love France, love my glory—that is the only manner in which a King of Holland can do service.

Colonel, I will bring back these colors to you in honor, or report to God the reason why.

Not one foot will I fly, so long as breath bides within my breast; for, by Him that shaped both sea and land, this day shall end my battles or my life. I will die King of England.

A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.

It was the king's army, the king's people, the king's taxes; and he who questioned the propriety of the royal prerogative of taking from his people without return or accounting, was reckoned, and felt himself to be, a criminal, guilty of the highest crime of disloyalty.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

When you sign your name on the dotted line, it's more than just playing baseball. You have a responsibility to make good decisions and show people how things are supposed to be done.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.

As I suffer in the defence of my Country, I must consider this hour as the most glorious of my life -Remember that I die as becomes a British Officer, while the manner of my death must reflect disgrace on your Commander.

My father was a Tuskegee Airmen captain in the Air Force and a very strong personality. He believed in fairness and ethics and living up to the commitments you make to others. He ultimately became a judge, and he would talk to me over and over about how important it is to be fair.

My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right.

I had a simple goal in life: to be true to my parents and our country as an honorable son, a caring brother, and a good citizen.

That we are to stand by the President right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

I want no presidency; I want to do my duty. No denunciations here, or out of this House, can deflect me a single inch from going directly at what I aim, and that is, the good of the country. I have always acted upon it, and I will always act upon it.

It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for.