A quotation from Henry Commager

Who are those who are really disloyal? Those who inflame racial hatreds, who sow religious and class dissensions. Those who subvert the Constitution by violating the freedom of the ballot box. Those who make a mockery of majority rule by the use of the filibuster. Those who impair democracy by denying equal educational facilities. Those who frustrate justice by lynch law or by making a farce of jury trials. Those who deny freedom of speech and of the press and of assembly. Those who press for special favors against the interest of the commonwealth. Those who regard public office as a source of private gain. Those who would exalt the military over the civil. Those who for selfish and private purposes stir up national antagonisms and expose the world to the ruin of war.

Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 3, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168

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Commager, Henry Steele - Essay (1947-09), "Who Is Loyal to America?" sec. 3, Harper's Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168 | WIST Quotations

Who are those who are really disloyal? Those who inflame racial hatreds, who sow religious and class dissensions. Those who subvert the Constitution by violating the freedom of the ballot box. Those who make a mockery of majority rule by the use of the filibuster. Those who impair democracy by…

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John Harwood: "Pres. Trump does not care even a little bit about
our allies, our values, or our national honor."
#greed #selfishness #disloyalty #PutinsPuppet
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/28/israels-direction-poses-existential-threat-to-judaism-uks-leading-progressive-rabbis-warn. "The UK’s most senior #progressive #rabbis have warned that Israel’s current #political direction risks becoming 'incompatible with #Jewish #values', while insisting that #criticism of the country’s #Government is 'a Jewish #obligation' rather than an act of #disloyalty." Indeed! So much for criticism of #Israel being #antisemitism! That is a very convenient #myth for the likes of #Netanyahu & his #supporters.
Israel’s direction poses ‘existential threat’ to Judaism, UK’s leading progressive rabbis warn

Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy say criticising Israeli government is not disloyalty but a Jewish obligation

The Guardian

A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

The cruelest lies are often told in silence. A man may have sat in a room for hours and not opened his teeth, and yet come out of that room a disloyal friend or a vile calumniator.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1879-05), “The Truth of Intercourse,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 39

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Essay (1879-05), "The Truth of Intercourse," Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 39 - Stevenson, Robert Louis | WIST Quotations

The cruelest lies are often told in silence. A man may have sat in a room for hours and not opened his teeth, and yet come out of that room a disloyal friend or a vile calumniator. Collected as "Virginibus Puerisque, Part 4" in Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers, ch.…

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"The most dangerous threat to our #NationalSecurity is (Secretary of Defense) Pete Hegseth":
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/pete-hegseth-military-secretary-venezuela-21246418.php
I have to defend Pete Hegseth because the most dangerous threat to our national security is #PutinsPuppet Donald Trump. Trump called the 'Putin Peace Plan' the 'Peace Plan of the United States for Ukraine' and Trump appointed both Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard.
#disloyalty #betrayal #mismanagement #military #politics copy: @renewedresistance
“By saturating the #information space with far-fetched assertions too numerous and too pervasive to rebut, disagreement, let alone #dissent, becomes tantamount to #disloyalty, even #treason.” www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/u...

The Coming US-China Thaw
The Coming US-China Thaw

James K. Galbraith sees signs that American strategists and politicians are finally waking up to economic realities.

Project Syndicate

A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

The cruellest lies are often told in silence. A man may have sat in a room for hours and not opened his teeth, and yet come out of that room a disloyal friend or a vile calumniator.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1879-05), “The Truth of Intercourse,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 39

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Essay (1879-05), "The Truth of Intercourse," Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 39 - Stevenson, Robert Louis | WIST Quotations

The cruellest lies are often told in silence. A man may have sat in a room for hours and not opened his teeth, and yet come out of that room a disloyal friend or a vile calumniator. Collected "Virginibus Puerisque, Part 4" in Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers, ch. 1,…

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A quotation from Thomas Fuller

Thou needest not fear all the Devils in Hell so much as a false Friend; and let me tell thee, such are very common.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 2169 (1725)

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If Trump is loyal to anyone, he is loyal to dictators:
"Meeting With South Korea’s Leader, Trump Praises North Korean Dictator":
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/25/us/trump-news #politics #disloyalty
President Says He Is Removing Lisa Cook From Federal Reserve Board

The New York Times

A quotation from Cicero

A man who does not see this is senseless; he who does see it, and still advocates such a measure, is impious.
 
[Hoc qui non videt, excors; qui, cum videt, decernit, impius est.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 5, ch. 2 / sec. 5 (5.2/5.5) (43-01-01 BC) [tr. Yonge (1903)]

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Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 5, ch. 2 / sec. 5 (5.2/5.5) (43-01-01 BC) [tr. Yonge (1903)] - Cicero, Marcus Tullius | WIST Quotations

A man who does not see this is senseless; he who does see it, and still advocates such a measure, is impious. [Hoc qui non videt, excors; qui, cum videt, decernit, impius est.] On the suggestion that Mark Antony be bought off by giving him governorship of Transalpine Gaul, and…

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