Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

James Bryce

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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take the least care of all to acquire.

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I place an enormous premium on loyalty. If someone betrays me, I can forgive them rationally, but emotionally I have found it impossible to do so.

Richard E. Grant

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

Edward BulwerLytton

The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.

Abigail Van Buren

Loyalty is from above, betrayal is from below.

You always knew after shitty things happened, who your friends really were.

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