In the human world you had to choose your loyalties…

“He will come to trust you, perhaps,” she says. “If you have years together. You may grow to be a loving husband and wife,…

— Philippa Gregory

“Conservatism aims to maintain in working order the loyalties of the community to perceived truths and also to those truths which in their judgment…

— William F. Buckley Jr

When I got the money, the whole burden descended on me, and the realization of what I had done. And it led me then…

— Aldrich Ames

If we are to survive, our loyalties must be broadened further, to include the whole human community, the entire planet Earth.

— Carl Sagan

No important change in ethics was ever accomplished without an internal chage in our intellectual emphasis, loyalties, affections, and convictions.

— Aldo Leopold

“Your loyalties are indecisive at best. You know what that makes you, big boy?’ ‘Definitely a Gemini.”

— Nathan M. Farrugia

Always question where your loyalties lie. The people you trust will expect it, your greatest enemies will desire it and those you trust the…

— Kevin McCarty

It takes a major unhappiness, a prolonged and bitter experience, to drive us away from loyalties once formed. And sometimes no amount of punishment…

— Anonymous

“I was hers in ways that those with loyalties of convenience cannot fathom. I loved her beyond words and clothes, and yes beyond even…

— Sonja Livingston

They were governed by private loyalties which they did not question. What mattered were individual relationships, and a completely helpless gesture, an embrace, a…

— George Orwell

Throughout human history, people have developed strong loyalties to traditions, rituals, and symbols. In the most effective organizations, they are not only respected but…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“She’s a bargirl. You don’t know where her loyalties lie. That one was unconvincing. No one had directed her against me—I was the one…

— Barry Eisler

“Human history can be viewed as a slowly dawning awareness that we are members of a larger group. Initially our loyalties were to ourselves…

— Carl Sagan

Every individual is a meeting ground for many different allegiances, and sometimes these loyalties conflict with one another and confront the person who harbors…

— Amin Maalouf

“I can’t divide Camille’s loyalties. Who knows? He might make the wrong choice.”

— Hilary Mantel