"If loyalty is, and always has been, perceived as obsolete, why do we continue to praise it? Because loyalty is essential to the most basic things that make life livable. Without loyalty there can be no love. Without loyalty there can be no family. Without loyalty there can be no friendship. Without loyalty there can be no commitment to community or country. And without those things, there can be no society."

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Source : Eric Felten (2011). “Loyalty: The Vexing Virtue”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

Eric Felten

#Loyalty Quotes #Country Quotes #Commitment Quotes

“Character is not the enemy of self-expression and personal freedom, it is their necessary precondition.”

Source : James Q. Wilson (1995). “On Character: Essays”, p.2, American Enterprise Institute
“Walking my dogs, playing with my kids - all of that is really good stuff to keep me centered.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Go through the proper motions each day and you'll soon begin to feel the corresponding emotions!”
“When we talk about the future, we often talk about it as damage and limitation exercise. That needn't be the case - it could be a Renaissance.”
“Climate change and energy use are global problems. News Corp is a global company. Our operations affect the environment all over the world.”
“Like a genial hotelier, Rolex has introduced me to some of the nicest people. I ask about their Rolex and they ask about mine. It's as marvelous a conversation piece as it is a timepiece.”
“These poor rich men, we anglers pity them perfectly.”

Source : Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Sir John Hawkins (1775). “The Complete Angler: Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation...: Prefixed, the Lives of the Author and Notes ...”, p.5
“If someone says you're not strategic, try to figure out what that means and then tell him or her to go to hell.”

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