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446 Loyalty Quotes

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  1. The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

    Alphonse de LamartineAlphonse de Lamartine quote #9
  2. Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

    AristotleAristotle quote #4
  3. Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

    AristotleAristotle quote #42
  4. Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

    AristotleAristotle quote #172
  5. I have never had any [enemies] other than those of the state.

    Cardinal RichelieuCardinal Richelieu quote #7
  6. In love of home, the love of country has its rise.

    Charles DickensCharles Dickens quote #50
  7. A man is basically as faithful as his options.

    Chris RockChris Rock quote #26
  8. No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity.

    Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke quote #127

More loyalty quotes

  1. All upright Germans will be National Socialists, but only the best National Socialists will be party members!

    Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler quote #103
  2. It would have been easier to fight alone with inadequate forces than to have to accept...responsibility for our ally's lack of fighting qualities and dubious loyalty.

    Albert KesselringAlbert Kesselring quote #10
  3. I would adopt a standpoint, irrespective of whether someone was for or against it, if I felt deeply that it was right for the movement.

    Alfred RosenbergAlfred Rosenberg quote #4
  4. From the moment I leave my house or my hotel room, the public owns me. The public made Alice Cooper and I can't imagine ever turning my back on my fans.

    Alice CooperAlice Cooper quote #8
  5. If the angels are unkind or the season is dark Or if in the end Love just falls apart Well then here's to our destruction Baby let me be your soul driver.

    Bruce SpringsteenBruce Springsteen quote #22
  6. There is a division within the neo-conservative movement, which is, by the way, one of the tests of its authenticity as a tendency. I would say I was a supporter of Paul Wolfowitz.

    Christopher HitchensChristopher Hitchens quote #13
  7. The people who send us fan mail written in blood say the nicest things, so it doesn't freak us out too much.

    Davey HavokDavey Havok quote #27
  8. Lesson number one in trying to develop the ability of independent thought: Understand that EVERYTHING the government says has the potential to be lies and deception. You can believe it's the truth only after you question, exhaust every avenue, and find that their story checks out. If you're a patriot, it's your duty to always question your government anyway, at every turn. A patriot is loyal to his country and his countrymen, not his government.

    Derek R. AudetteDerek R. Audette quote #38
  9. Security, for me, took a tumble not when I read that there were Communists in Hollywood but when I read your editorial in praise of loyalty testing and thought control. If a man is in health, he doesn't need to take anybody else's temperature to know where he is going.

    E. B. (Elwyn Brooks) WhiteE. B. (Elwyn Brooks) White quote #13
  10. It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.

    E. B. (Elwyn Brooks) WhiteE. B. (Elwyn Brooks) White quote #34
  11. There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.

    Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe quote #56
  12. A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

    Edward AbbeyEdward Abbey quote #38
  13. An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.

    Elbert HubbardElbert Hubbard quote #69
  14. Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give us love and unquestioned loyalty to the limit of their ability. I doubt, however, if it is good for us to feel assured of this without the accompanying obligation of having to justify this devotion by our behavior.

    Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt quote #18
  15. People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

    Eric HofferEric Hoffer quote #187
  16. That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down.

    Evelyn WaughEvelyn Waugh quote #27
  17. I am conscious of having served England as I served my own country.

    Ferdinand FochFerdinand Foch quote #3
  18. The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.

    George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw quote #36
  19. Give me, instead of beauty's bust, A tender heart, a loyal mind, Which with temptation I could trust, Yet never linked with error find.

    George DarleyGeorge Darley quote #2
  20. You are either with us or you are against us in the fight against terror.

    George W. BushGeorge W. Bush quote #74
  21. Nothing would have been changed for the German people, but my name would have gone down in history as that of the greatest traitor.

    Gerd von RundstedtGerd von Rundstedt quote #11
  22. My Conga people [fans] will find me anywhere I go.

    Gloria EstefanGloria Estefan quote #37
  23. I tried to commit suicide because I sacrificed everything for Hitler. And that man whom we sacrificed everything for left us all alone. If he had committed suicide four years before, it would have been all right.

    Hans FrankHans Frank quote #8
  24. But it must not be thought that I say this out of personal experience: for in the many years that I have been before the public my secret methods have been steadily shielded by the strict integrity of my assistants, most of whom have been with me for years.

    Harry HoudiniHarry Houdini quote #10
  25. But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial oath.

    Harry HoudiniHarry Houdini quote #11
  26. Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.

    Harry HoudiniHarry Houdini quote #23
  27. Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil.

    Horatio NelsonHoratio Nelson quote #1
  28. When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

    Isaac Bashevis SingerIsaac Bashevis Singer quote #4
  29. Japan will not abandon the fight for the Philippines even if Tokyo should be reduced to ashes!

    Iwane MatsuiIwane Matsui quote #7
  30. No matter what side of an argument you're on, you always find some people on your side that wish you were on the other side.

    Jascha HeifetzJascha Heifetz quote #7
  31. There is something very unnatural and odious in a government a thousand leagues off. A whole government of our own choice, managed by persons whom we love, revere, and can confide in, has charms in it for which men will fight.

    John AdamsJohn Adams quote #12
  32. I know on which side my bread is buttered.

    John HeywoodJohn Heywood quote #51
  33. I suppose this was really the moment for embarking upon an impassioned defence of Boko, stressing his admirable qualities. Not being able to think of any, however, I remained silent.

    P. G. WodehouseP. G. Wodehouse quote #136
  34. Nannie Bruce, a tall, gangling light-heavyweight with a suggestion in her appearance of a private in the Grenadiers dressed up to play the title role in Charley's Aunt, was one of those doggedly faithful retainers who adhere to almost all old families like barnacles to the hulls of ships...She was as much a fixture as the stone lions or the funny smell in the attic.

    P. G. WodehouseP. G. Wodehouse quote #160
  35. This is the sweetest victory of all. This is a victory for the true believers; the people who, in difficult times, have kept the faith.

    Paul KeatingPaul Keating quote #8
  36. Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

    Publilius SyrusPublilius Syrus quote #45
  37. The two highest achievements of the human mind are the twin concepts of 'loyalty' and 'duty.' Whenever these twin concepts fall into disrepute - get out of there fast! You may possibly save yourself, but it is too late to save that society. It is doomed.

    Robert A. HeinleinRobert A. Heinlein quote #136
  38. The next level in moral behavior higher than that exhibited by the baboon is that in which duty and loyalty are shown toward a group of your own kind too large for an individual to know all of them. We have a name for that. It is called 'patriotism.'

    Robert A. HeinleinRobert A. Heinlein quote #159
  39. I will never desert the one I love for the promise of any god.

    Robert G. IngersollRobert G. Ingersoll quote #141
  40. The man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and his fellow men.

    Robert G. IngersollRobert G. Ingersoll quote #202
  41. You take an oath to a man whom you know follows the laws of providence, which he obeys independently of the influence of earthly powers, who leads the German people rightly, and who will guide Germany's fate. Through your oath you bind yourselves to a man who - that is our faith - was sent to us by higher powers. Do not seek Adolf Hitler with your mind. You will find him through the strength of your hearts!

    Rudolf HessRudolf Hess quote #1
  42. I was permitted to work for many years of my life under the greatest son whom my people has brought forth in its thousand year history. Even if I could, I would not want to erase this period of time from my existence. I am happy to know that I have done my duty, to my people, my duty as a German, as a National Socialist, as a loyal follower of my Fuhrer. I do not regret anything. If I were to begin all over again, I would act just as I have acted, even if I knew that in the end I should meet a fiery death at the stake. No matter what human beings may do, I shall some day stand before the judgment seat of the Eternal. I shall answer to Him, and I know He will judge me innocent.

    Rudolf HessRudolf Hess quote #2
  43. The Party is Hitler! Hitler is Germany, just as Germany is Hitler! Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!

    Rudolf HessRudolf Hess quote #10
  44. I was the only man he trusted.

    Rudolf HessRudolf Hess quote #13
  45. The zealot Hess, before succumbing to wanderlust [flew to Scotland in May 1941], was the engineer tending the party machinery, passing orders and propaganda down to the Leadership Corps, supervising every aspect of party activities, and maintaining the organization as a loyal and ready instrument of power.

    Rudolf HessRudolf Hess quote #18
  46. If your officer's dead and the sergeants look white, Remember it's ruin to run from a fight: So take open order, lie down, and sit tight, And wait for supports like a soldier. Wait, wait, wait like a soldier...

    Rudyard KiplingRudyard Kipling quote #31
  47. Ever the wide world over, lass, Ever the trail held true, Over the world and under the world, And back at the last to you.

    Rudyard KiplingRudyard Kipling quote #92
  48. We pulled for you when the wind was against us and the sails were low. Will you never let us go?

    Rudyard KiplingRudyard Kipling quote #94
  49. How should they know that Sappho lived and died Faithful to love, not faithful to the lover, Never transfused and lost in what she loved, Never so wholly loving nor at peace.

    Sara TeasdaleSara Teasdale quote #21
  50. Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.

    Sarah Orne JewettSarah Orne Jewett quote #8
  51. 'I think there are only two kinds of people in the world. My friends . . . and other people.'

    Shigesato ItoiShigesato Itoi quote #7
  52. 'My interest is, my one hobby is, maintaining a democracy. If you get these 500,000 soldiers advocating anything smelling of Fascism, I am going to get 500,000 more and lick the hell out of you, and we will have a real war right at home.'

    Smedley ButlerSmedley Butler quote #6
  53. 'You sound like Henry, man.' Eddie had begun to cry himself. He didn't want to. He hated to cry. 'He had a tower, too, only it wasn't dark. Remember me telling you about Henry's tower? We were brothers, and I guess we were gunslingers. We had this White Tower, and he asked me to go after it with him the only way he could ask, so I saddled up, because he was my brother, you dig it? We got there, too. Found the White Tower. But it was poison. It killed him. It would have killed me. You saw me. You saved more than my life. You saved my fuckin soul.'

    Stephen KingStephen King quote #98
  54. Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

    Stephen KingStephen King quote #147
  55. 'The princesses could not possibly leave without me; I wouldn't leave the King, and the King will never leave under any circumstances.'

    the Queen Mother Elizabeththe Queen Mother Elizabeth quote #17
  56. There's always something suspect about an intellectual on the winning side.

    Vaclav HavelVaclav Havel quote #51
  57. My fatherland has always the first claim on me.

    Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart quote #7
  58. Love me, love my dog.

    John HeywoodJohn Heywood quote #52
  59. Hamilton, the most brilliant American statesman who ever lived, possessing the loftiest and keenest intellect of his time, was of course easily the foremost champion in the ranks of the New York Federalists; second to him came Jay, pure, strong and healthy in heart, body, and mind. Both of them watched with uneasy alarm the rapid drift toward anarchy; and both put forth all their efforts to stem the tide. They were of course too great men to fall in with the views of those whose antagonism to tyranny made them averse from order. They had little sympathy with the violent prejudices produced by the war. In particular they abhorred the vindictive laws directed against the persons and property of Tories; and they had the manliness to come forward as the defenders of the helpless and excessively unpopular Loyalists. They put a stop to the wrongs which were being inflicted on these men, and finally succeeded in having them restored to legal equality with other citizens, standing up with generous fearlessness against the clamor of the mob.

    Alexander HamiltonAlexander Hamilton quote #71
  60. Absence, hear thou my protestation Against thy strength, Distance, and length; Do what thou canst for alteration

    John DonneJohn Donne quote #49
  61. Semper Fi!

    Phil HendriePhil Hendrie quote #164
  62. Julius Caesar

    William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare quote #12