A Quote by Jean de la Bruyere
Party loyalty lowers the greatest men to the petty level of the masses.
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Of the things men give each other the greatest is loyalty.
People that had the guts to put their loyalty to the Constitution ahead of their loyalty to their political party were citizen legislators.
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My loyalty to my party ends where my loyalty to my country begins.
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If the masses started to accept UFOs, it would profoundly affect their attitude towards life, politics, everything. It would threaten the status quo. Whenever people come to realize that there are larger considerations than their own petty lives, they are ripe to make radical changes on a personal level, which would eventually lead to a political revolution in society as a whole
There is a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and much less prevalent. One of the most frequently noted characteristics of great men who have remained great is loyalty to their subordinates.
Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses.
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