Quotes About Loyalty

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.

The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism, is loyalty to the Nationallthe time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.

Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let men label you as they may.

My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders.

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are right.

A patriot is mocked, scorned and hated; yet when his cause succeeds, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let me label you as they may.

My kind of loyalty was to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death.

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are right.

Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

When I talk about the importance of the institution of marriage, I think of the commitment and the significance of standing in front of those closest to you and promising fidelity to your partner 'til death do you part.'

If you want to have a friend, then be a friend.

Hard work is damn near as overrated as monogamy.

Most owners are at length able to teach themselves to obey their dog.

Marry me and I'll never look at another horse!

Please follow me because I have to follow him and he isn't here.

Marriage is an investment which pays dividends if you pay interest.

Sooner or later we're all someone's dog.

I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood.

That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.

I play with friends, but we don't play friendly games.

Don't call 'em dogs. Dogs are loyal and they run after balls.

You can't eat your friends and have them too