True Loyalty Quotes

Loyalty is a word which has worked vast harm; for it has been made to trick men into being "loyal" to a thousand iniquities, whereas the true loyalty should have been to themselves - in which case there would have ensured a rebellion, and the throwing off of that deceptive yoke.

Patriotism requires less and less of making the eagle scream, but more and more of making him think.

… my kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country; not to its institutions or it’s office holders..

There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

Loyalty must arise spontaneously from the hearts of people who love their country and respect their government.

The only good thing about times of adversity is that you realize who your real friends and fans are - and the rest go away - which in my mind is an OK thing.

Let him who loves his country in his heart, and not his lips only, follow me.

In their humble address, they have freely declared, that it is much on their hearts (if they may be permitted), to hold forth a lively experiment, that a most flourishing civil state may stand and best be maintained, and that among our English subjects, with a full liberty in religious concernments; and that true piety rightly grounded upon gospel principles, will give the best and greatest security to sovereignty, and will lay in the hearts of men the strongest obligations to true loyalty.

One man in a thousand, Solomon says. Will stick more close than a brother. And it's worth while seeking him half your days If you find him before the other. ---The Thousandth Man

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.

Here we have a saying: a good friend is someone who visits you when you are in prison. But a really good friend is someone who comes to hear your lectures.

If you want to really know what your friends and family think of you die broke, and then see who shows up for the funeral.

The concept of loyalty is distorted when it is understood to mean blind acceptance. It is correctly interpreted when it is assumed to cover honest criticism.

Man's best friend is one who wishes well to the object of his wish for his sake, even if no one is to know of it.

The really loyal people ... don't talk about it everlastingly.

Supporters - they're where the heart is. They don't need 'merch.' They don't need to show their affection by wearing a sandwich board on their bodies, logos. No, no, no... people who support The Dream are a little bit more sophisticated than that.

If one were loyal to one's nation only because it was good and true ... one would not be loyal to any nation but to truth and goodness. The idea of patriotism would have no place either in our dictionaries or our lives.

The best way to find out if you have any friends is to go broke. The ones that hang on longest are your friends. I don't mean the ones that hang on forever. There aren't any of those.

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

The only honest reaction and true loyalty that we get is from our animals.

Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.

When I consider the state of things in our fief, I find that those who hold positions and receive official stipends are incapable of the utmost in loyalty and patriotic service. Loyalty of the usual sort-perhaps, but if it is true loyalty and service you seek, then you must abandon this fief and plan a grass-roots uprising.

There are a large number of white people who never owned a foot of land, who never have been in possession of any property, not even a cow or a horse, yet who have been as true and devoted loyalists as anybody else.