--- title: "10 Blind Loyalty Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Blind Loyalty quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Blind Loyalty sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/245/jello-biafra-5188_blank_patriotism-does-not-mean-giving-blind-lo_2909573.png" --- > [Patriotism does not mean giving blind loyalty and a blank check to George W. Bush.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jello-biafra/patriotism-does-not-mean-giving-blind-loyalty-and-a-blank-check-to/) [Jello Biafra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jello-biafra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/245/jello-biafra-5188_blank_patriotism-does-not-mean-giving-blind-lo_2909573.png) > [I think those who have followed my political life would have known that I don't believe in just blind loyalty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tan-cheng-bock/i-think-those-who-have-followed-my-political-life-would-have-known/) [Tan Cheng Bock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tan-cheng-bock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/tan-cheng-bock-8629_believe_i-think-those-who-have-followed-my-polit_1398700.jpg) > [“We clung to each other with blind loyalty, like Lord Voldemort and his snake, Nagini.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/we-clung-to-each-other-with-blind-loyalty-like-lord-voldemort-and-his/) [Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3aa/mindy-kaling-672_lord-voldemort_we-clung-to-each-other-with-blind-loyalt_672705.png) > [“The Crown Prince of Adarlan stared him down. "And consider where your true loyalties lie." Once, Chaol might have argued. Once, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/the-crown-prince-of-adarlan-stared-him-down-and-consider-where-your/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/sarah-j-maas-58_loyalty_the-crown-prince-of-adarlan-stared-him-d_2171739.png) > [ One can't allow blind loyalty to a friendship to lead one away from acting in the public interest. If Martin \[Schulz\] were… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-juncker/one-can-t-allow-blind-loyalty-to-a-friendship-to-lead-one-away-from/) [Jean-Claude Juncker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-juncker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/077/jean-claude-juncker-3277_absurd_one-can-t-allow-blind-loyalty-to-a-frien_1782182.jpg) > [“Marius had never understood the notion of blind loyalty. He had served everyone from kings and caliphs to head dishwasher at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-battersby/marius-had-never-understood-the-notion-of-blind-loyalty-he-had-served/) [Lee Battersby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-battersby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f3/lee-battersby-76508_loyalty_marius-had-never-understood-the-notion-o_3156148.jpg) > [Why is patriotism thought to be blind loyalty to the government and the politicians who run it, rather than loyalty to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/why-is-patriotism-thought-to-be-blind-loyalty-to-the-government-and/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/ron-paul-686_blind_why-is-patriotism-thought-to-be-blind-lo_2156756.png) > [All of us want to live, and that is absolutely natural. However, we should learn from childhood on to choose our best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yamamoto-tsunetomo/all-of-us-want-to-live-and-that-is-absolutely-natural-however-we/) [Yamamoto Tsunetomo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yamamoto-tsunetomo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/yamamoto-tsunetomo-4367_absolutely_all-of-us-want-to-live-and-that-is-absol_2188055.jpg) > [“You and I are going to form the backbone of this court. We will shape and decide our own code.” “What? Obedience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/you-and-i-are-going-to-form-the-backbone-of-this-court-we-will-shape/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d24/sarah-j-maas-58_communication_you-and-i-are-going-to-form-the-backbone_1539678.png) > [ “Among \[Applewhite's\] other teachings was the classic cult specialty of developing disdain for anyone outside of the Heaven's Gate commune. Applewhite flattered… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/among-applewhite-s-other-teachings-was-the-classic-cult-specialty-of/) [Zeena Schreck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeena-schreck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7eb/zeena-schreck-12024_cults_among-applewhite-s-other-teachings-was-t_1830609.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind-loyalty/#itemlist", "name": "Blind Loyalty Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Patriotism does not mean giving blind loyalty and a blank check to George W. 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However, we should learn from childhood on to choose our best way to die. If we don't do that, we end up spending our days like a dog, only in search of harbour, food and expressing a blind loyalty to his owner in return. 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This paradoxical superior/fearful attitude towards “Them” (i.e., anyone who is not one of “Us”) is one of the simplest means of hooking even the most skeptical curiosity seeker into the solipsistic netherworld of a [mentally unbalanced] leader's insecure and threatened worldview.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zeena Schreck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeena-schreck/among-applewhite-s-other-teachings-was-the-classic-cult-specialty-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7eb/zeena-schreck-12024_cults_among-applewhite-s-other-teachings-was-t_1830609.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7eb/zeena-schreck-12024_cults_among-applewhite-s-other-teachings-was-t_1830609.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7eb/zeena-schreck-12024_cults_among-applewhite-s-other-teachings-was-t_1830609.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Among [Applewhite's] other teachings was the classic cult specialty of developing disdain for anyone outside…” — Zeena Schreck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind-loyalty/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind-loyalty/", "name": "Blind Loyalty Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind-loyalty/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/245/jello-biafra-5188_blank_patriotism-does-not-mean-giving-blind-lo_2909573.png" }, "description": "Browse 10 Blind Loyalty quotes by 9 authors. 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