Quotes About Loyalty

He really is a cunt ay the first order. Nae about that. The big problem is, he's a mate na aw. Whit kin ye dae?

He really is a cunt ay the first order. Nae doubt about that. The big problem is, he's a mate n aw. Whit kin ye dae?

Ah'd rather see ma sister in a brothel than ma brother in a Hearts scarf n that's fuckin true...

No fuckin way: cunt dies when ah fuckin well say eh dies. (Jim Frances Begbie as he is trying to resuscitate a friend who's having a stroke.)

Scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty.

You mean that this is a matter of patriotism and traders aren't patriotic? Notoriously not. Pioneers never are.

There is no Master but the Master," he said, "and QT-1 is his prophet.

Do not forget that a traitor within our ranks, known to us, can do more harm to the enemy than a loyal man can do good to us.

There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.

There is nothing your knife handlers can do in the way of rioting and demonstrating that will have any permanent effect as long as, in the extremity, there is an army equipped with kinetic, chemical, and neurological weapons that is willing to use them against your people. You can get all the downtrodden and even all the respectables on your side, but you must somehow win over the security forces and the Imperial army or at least seriously weaken their loyalty to the rulers.

So it is only the combination of strong Emperor and strong general that can harm the Foundation; for a strong Emperor cannot be dethroned easily, and a strong general is forced to turn outwards, past the frontiers.

Baley said, sharply, "Nevertheless bound by friendship. Do not, for your own sake, test the force of our—" Now it was he who paused and, as though to his own surprise, completed the sentence impossibly, "—love.

La verdad científica está más allá de toda lealtad y deslealtad.

they are trained from birth to accept authority.

I like you two. You're inferior creatures, with poor reasoning faculties, but I really feel a sort of affection for you. You have served the Master well, and he will reward you for that. Now that your service is over, you will probably not exist much longer, but as long as you do, you shall be provided food, clothing and shelter, so long as you stay out of the control room and the engine room.

In fact, it was part of the Tyrannian military tradition that a little discomfort on the part of the soldier was good for discipline.

There are always tales and there is always a patriotic refusal to disbelieve, even though the tales are never in the least credible and are never believed by anyone not of the world that produces them.

Courtiers don't take wagers against the king's skill. There is a deadly danger of winning

Q. You do not consider your statement a disloyal one? A. No, sir. Scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty.

it is well known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim

Can you fight a force which can make you surrender willingly when it so desires; can make you a faithful servant when it so desires?

the mere act of not being a traitor is also a long way from agreeing to be an active helper.

Después de 10 años de matrimonio era todavía lo suficientemente estúpido como para seguir enamorado de ella.

La verdad científica está por encima de la lealtad y la deslealtad.