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Loyalty quotes

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“One curious feature about political reform is that so many people feel it is “disloyal” to attempt to rectify the abuses in one’s own party. And yet it is obvious that political morality is dependent upon the awakened conscience and private...” Eleanor Roosevelt, The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt

“Scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty.” Isaac Asimov, Foundation

“My dear boy, the people who love only once in their lives are really the shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination.” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.” Confucius, Analects

“A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he’ll look you straight in the face.” George R. R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

“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...” Eleanor Roosevelt, The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt

“You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin–to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours–closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We...” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Kurtz—it was ordered I should never betray him—it was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.” Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

“What a strange development of patriotism that turns a thinking being into a loyal machine!” Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays

“Toto did not really care whether he was in Kansas or the Land of Oz so long as Dorothy was with him; but he knew the little girl was unhappy, and that made him unhappy too.” L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

“On impulse he might die for her, but living for her would be quite different.” Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

“I used to advertise my loyalty and I don’t believe there is a single person I loved that I didn’t eventually betray.” Albert Camus, The Fall

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Eleanor Roosevelt (2)
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Oscar Wilde (1)
J. R. R. Tolkien (1)
Confucius (1)
George R. R. Martin (1)
Albert Camus (1)
Joseph Conrad (1)
Margaret Atwood (1)
Emma Goldman (1)
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The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt (2)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (1)
Analects (1)
Anarchism and Other Essays (1)
The Fall (1)
The Blind Assassin (1)
Heart of Darkness (1)
A Clash of Kings (1)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1)
Foundation (1)