Alan Keyes Quotes, born August 7, 1950, in New York City, is an American conservative political activist, author, pundit, and former diplomat whose fiery oratory and staunch principles have made him a prominent figure in Republican politics. A Harvard Ph.D. graduate, Keyes began his career in the U.S. Foreign Service in 1979, serving in Bombay and Zimbabwe, before being appointed by President Ronald Reagan as Ambassador to the UN Economic and Social Council and Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1985–1987). He ran for president in 1996, 2000, and 2008 and for the U.S. Senate in Maryland (1988, 1992) and Illinois (2004, against Barack Obama). Known for his radio show The Alan Keyes Show: America’s Wake-Up Call and columns for World Net Daily, Keyes champions moral and constitutional values. These 15 quotes—sourced from speeches, interviews, and writings—reflect his passionate views on liberty, faith, morality, and governance, capturing his intense, principled voice.
15 Alan Keyes Quotes
- “If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.” (Eyewitness to Power, 2001)
- “When we, through our educational culture, through the media, through the entertainment culture, give our children the impression that human beings cannot control their passions, we are telling them, in effect, that human beings cannot be trusted with freedom.” (Goodreads, n.d.)
- “The best way to avoid abuses is for the populace in general to exhibit a high degree of vigilance and a high degree of virtue.” (The American Form of Government, 2009)
- “Either our rights come from God, as our Declaration of Independence says, or they come from human choice. If they come from human choice, then our whole way of life is meaningless, it has no foundation.” (PBS NewsHour, December 20, 1999)
- “There can be no self-government without self-discipline. There can be no self-government without self-control.” (Wikiquote, n.d.)
- “The flag that was the symbol of slavery on the high seas for a long time was not the Confederate battle flag, it was sadly the Stars and Stripes.” (Speech, Renew America rally, April 29, 2000)
- “It is not for us to calculate our victory or fear our defeat, but to do our duty and leave the rest in God’s hands.” (Goodreads, n.d.)
- “Bureaucracies are inherently antidemocratic. Bureaucrats derive their power from their position in the structure, not from their relations with the people they are supposed to serve.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “There is a difference between constitutional government and judicial dictatorship, and I think it’s time we remembered that our Constitution was not put together in order to establish the sovereignty of the judges.” (Speech, San Francisco, March 4, 2000)
- “I frankly don’t care if you agree with my stand on abortion. I take that stand because no other stand is consistent with decent principles, and no other standard is consistent with the will of God.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income.” (BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “It’s about time we all faced up to the truth. If we accept the radical homosexual agenda, be it in the military or in marriage or in other areas of our lives, we are utterly destroying the concept of family.” (Speech, 1999)
- “Our first responsibility is not to ourselves. Our first responsibility is to our country and to our God.” (Speech, Christian Coalition Dinner, February 6, 1999)
- “A callous disregard for the claims of innocent human life is the heart and soul of the evil of terrorism.” (Speech, Conservative Political Action Conference, January 24, 2004)
- “Where procreation is, in principle, impossible, marriage is irrelevant.” (The Talk to Solomon Show Live, April 2, 2013)
Alan Keyes’s quotes are a fiery blend of moral conviction, constitutional fervor, and unyielding principle, challenging us to uphold liberty and virtue in all we do. Which quote stirs your sense of duty? Share it below and keep Keyes’s passionate voice resonating!
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