Quotes About Loyalty

Sometimes I think being a cop is less dangerous than being married.

We shook and the guy gripped my hand like it was the last cold beer in hell.

Where have all the young men gone? Gone to soldiers, every one.

The least free people in a free society are people like us who have a sworn duty to defend the constitution.

My problem is with supervisors who bullshit me and expect loyalty in return. The essence of loyalty is reciprocity. If you're loyal to me, I'll be loyal to you. Bullshit me, and I'll bullshit you. That's the contract.

Joe Smith had a Russian knocking on his door asking to be put up on the sly, Joe would be on the horn to the FBI in a flash. Joe does that because he thinks it's right, not because he thinks the FBI will torture him if he doesn't.

My problem is with supervisors who bullshit me and expect loyalty in return.

When you're dealing with people who have no moral center, no loyalty to anyone but themselves, you don't always get the logical results you expect, or the truth that you paid for.

Buck thanked the sheik and his trusted

me, "Dickie Johnson and I were born together, grew up together, had lots of women together, and got old together, but he died before me.

henchmen came to kiss his ring, and where his

Amar é ser fiel a quem nos trai.

A fidelidade devia ser facultativa.

He met the femme de chambre upon the landing. 'I have made up my mind,' he said heavily. 'La petite Rose may come with us to England; I will take her to her father. She must be ready to start to-morrow morning, at seven o'clock.

If Ronnie Clarke knew about Brenda and myself I had probably told him a bit more, but I didn't really care. He was a very old friend now, and there are some things that a friend ought to know.

When a good man employs others he becomes a slave to the job, for the job is the guarantee for the security of many men.

Only by an act of treachery to those who believe in us can either of us escape.

Let's face up to the question of who we support; let's defend the bastards and reform them later. 

Actions that help build trusted networks serve your cause

The Hollywood version of the War of Independence is a straightforward fight between heroic Patriots and wicked, Nazi-like Redcoats. The reality was quite different. This was indeed a civil war which divided social classes and even families. And the worst of the violence did not involve regular British troops, but was perpetrated by rebel colonists against their countrymen who remained loyal to the crown.

In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back, or they weigh you down, or they bind you fast.

He who builds on the people, builds on the mud

Therefore the best fortress is to be found in the love of the people, for although you may have fortresses they will not save you if you are hated by the people.

The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people.