“To sacrifice the moral to the physical, as is done in these days, is to sacrifice reality for a shadow.”

— African Spir

Source: Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir (1937), p. 61.

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African Spir 98

Russian philosopher 1837–1890

Richard McKenna book The Sand Pebbles

Source: The Sand Pebbles (1962), Ch. 5; speech of Lt. Collins
Context: Civilians are only morally bound to salute our flag. We are legally bound. All Americans are morally bound to die for our flag, if called upon. Only we are legally bound. Only we live our lives in a day to day readiness for that sacrifice. We have sworn our oaths and cut our ties. We have given up wealth and home life, except as San Pablo is our home. It marks us. It sets us apart. We are uncomfortable reminders, in time of peace. Those of you who served in the last war know what I mean.

“It does not say much for a person's morality if he is prepared to sacrifice what he believes in for a job.”

David Norris (1944) Irish scholar, independent Senator, and gay and civil rights activist

28 May 2013 http://www.kildarestreet.com/sendebates/?id=2013-05-28a.7&s=speaker%3A210#g126

“You strike the match… why not be utterly changed to fire?
To sacrifice the shadow and the mist of a brief life you never much liked?”

Aaron Weiss

Four-Word Letter, Pt 2.
Catch For Us The Foxes (2004)

“Let us sacrifice one day to gain perhaps a whole life.”

Victor Hugo book Les Misérables

Source: Les Misérables

“When divorces meant marriage no longer provided security for a lifetime, women adjusted by focusing on careers as empowerment. But when the sacrifice of a career met the sacrifices in a career, the fantasy of a career became the reality of trade-offs. Women developed career ambivalence.”

Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate

Source: Why Men Are the Way They Are (1988), p. 101.

“Children were meant to be gifts. The physical manifestation of love between a man and a woman. And for that love all manner of sacrifice could be borne.”

Steven Erikson book Memories of Ice

Memories of Ice (2001)

“The entire Vietnamese people are determined to mobilise all their physical and mental strength, to sacrifice their lives and property in order to safeguard their independence and liberty.”

Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969) Vietnamese communist leader and first president of Vietnam

Vietnamese Proclamation of Independence (2 September 1945), Ho Chi Minh, Selected Works (1960-1962), Vol. 3, pp. 17-21
Context: A people who have courageously opposed French domination for more than eighty years, a people who have fought side by side with the Allies against the Fascists during these last years, such a people must be free and independent.
For these reasons, we, members of the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, solemnly declare to the world that Vietnam has the right to be a free and independent country and in fact it already has been so. The entire Vietnamese people are determined to mobilise all their physical and mental strength, to sacrifice their lives and property in order to safeguard their independence and liberty.