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Loyalty

Allegiance, fidelity, patriotism, devotion, faithfulness

QUOTES

Tell ‘em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.
 From the movie
 Knute Rockne All American, 1940

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
 Mario Puzo
 The Godfather,

If you work for someone, then work for them: Speak well of them and stand by the institution they represent... Remember, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must growl, condemn, and eternally find fault, resign your position and when you are on the outside, complain to your heart's content... but as long as you are part of the institution do not condemn it.
 Elbert Hubbard
 

Nothing aged one like loyalty.
 James Hamilton-Paterson
 Griefwork, 1993

I respect fidelity to colleagues even though they are fit for the hangman.
 Harold Laski
 1926

See Also Betrayal Trust

References

History

Arts & Science

  • Movies: Bridge on the River Kwai, High Noon, The Manchurian Candidate, The Wild Bunch, Platoon, Saving private Ryan, Goodfellas, The Godfather

    Literature

  • J L
  • Alexandre Dumas: The Three Musketeers
  • Harold Keith: Rifles for Watie
  • Jack London: Buck, White Fang
  • Conrad Richter: The Light in the Forest
  • Tammy Wynette: Stand By Your Man (song, 1968)
  • Aesop: Androcles and the Lion, The Lion and the Mouse




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