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  1. 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

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #America #civilliberties #civilrights #corruption #demagoguery #democracy #disloyalty #division #firstamendment #freepress #freespeech #freedomofreligion #freedomofspeech #freedomofthepress #injustice #jingoism #justice #loyalty #loyaltyoath #military #patriotism #publicoffice #religiousfreedom #unAmerican #usvsthem #votersuppression #votingrights #war #warmongering

  2. 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

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #America #civilliberties #civilrights #corruption #demagoguery #democracy #disloyalty #division #firstamendment #freepress #freespeech #freedomofreligion #freedomofspeech #freedomofthepress #injustice #jingoism #justice #loyalty #loyaltyoath #military #patriotism #publicoffice #religiousfreedom #unAmerican #usvsthem #votersuppression #votingrights #war #warmongering

  3. 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

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #America #civilliberties #civilrights #corruption #demagoguery #democracy #disloyalty #division #firstamendment #freepress #freespeech #freedomofreligion #freedomofspeech #freedomofthepress #injustice #jingoism #justice #loyalty #loyaltyoath #military #patriotism #publicoffice #religiousfreedom #unAmerican #usvsthem #votersuppression #votingrights #war #warmongering

  4. 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

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #America #civilliberties #civilrights #corruption #demagoguery #democracy #disloyalty #division #firstamendment #freepress #freespeech #freedomofreligion #freedomofspeech #freedomofthepress #injustice #jingoism #justice #loyalty #loyaltyoath #military #patriotism #publicoffice #religiousfreedom #unAmerican #usvsthem #votersuppression #votingrights #war #warmongering

  5. 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

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #America #civilliberties #civilrights #corruption #demagoguery #democracy #disloyalty #division #firstamendment #freepress #freespeech #freedomofreligion #freedomofspeech #freedomofthepress #injustice #jingoism #justice #loyalty #loyaltyoath #military #patriotism #publicoffice #religiousfreedom #unAmerican #usvsthem #votersuppression #votingrights #war #warmongering

  6. John Harwood: "Pres. Trump does not care even a little bit about
    our allies, our values, or our national honor."
    #greed #selfishness #disloyalty #PutinsPuppet

  7. John Harwood: "Pres. Trump does not care even a little bit about
    our allies, our values, or our national honor."
    #greed #selfishness #disloyalty #PutinsPuppet

  8. John Harwood: "Pres. Trump does not care even a little bit about
    our allies, our values, or our national honor."
    #greed #selfishness #disloyalty #PutinsPuppet

  9. John Harwood: "Pres. Trump does not care even a little bit about
    our allies, our values, or our national honor."
    #greed #selfishness #disloyalty #PutinsPuppet

  10. theguardian.com/world/2026/apr. "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.

  11. theguardian.com/world/2026/apr. "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.

  12. theguardian.com/world/2026/apr. "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.

  13. theguardian.com/world/2026/apr. "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.

  14. theguardian.com/world/2026/apr. "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.

  15. 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

    More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #betrayal #calumny #defamation #disloyalty #inaction #insult #lies #lying #silence #sinofomission #slander #speakup

  16. 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

    More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #betrayal #calumny #defamation #disloyalty #inaction #insult #lies #lying #silence #sinofomission #slander #speakup

  17. 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

    More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #betrayal #calumny #defamation #disloyalty #inaction #insult #lies #lying #silence #sinofomission #slander #speakup

  18. 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

    More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #betrayal #calumny #defamation #disloyalty #inaction #insult #lies #lying #silence #sinofomission #slander #speakup

  19. 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

    More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #betrayal #calumny #defamation #disloyalty #inaction #insult #lies #lying #silence #sinofomission #slander #speakup

  20. "The most dangerous threat to our #NationalSecurity is (Secretary of Defense) Pete Hegseth":
    sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo
    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

  21. "The most dangerous threat to our #NationalSecurity is (Secretary of Defense) Pete Hegseth":
    sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo
    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

  22. "The most dangerous threat to our #NationalSecurity is (Secretary of Defense) Pete Hegseth":
    sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo
    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

  23. "The most dangerous threat to our #NationalSecurity is (Secretary of Defense) Pete Hegseth":
    sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo
    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

  24. “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

  25. “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

  26. 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

    More info about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #betrayal #deceit #disloyalty #obfuscation #silence #speakout #speakup

  27. 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

    More info about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #betrayal #deceit #disloyalty #obfuscation #silence #speakout #speakup

  28. 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

    More info about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #betrayal #deceit #disloyalty #obfuscation #silence #speakout #speakup

  29. 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

    More info about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #betrayal #deceit #disloyalty #obfuscation #silence #speakout #speakup

  30. 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)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #patriotism #disloyalty #dolt #folly #fool #impiety #stupidity #treacherousness #treason

  31. 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)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #patriotism #disloyalty #dolt #folly #fool #impiety #stupidity #treacherousness #treason

  32. 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)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #patriotism #disloyalty #dolt #folly #fool #impiety #stupidity #treacherousness #treason

  33. 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)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #patriotism #disloyalty #dolt #folly #fool #impiety #stupidity #treacherousness #treason

  34. 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)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/7…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasfuller #betrayal #disloyalty #falseness #friend #friendship

  35. If Trump is loyal to anyone, he is loyal to dictators:
    "Meeting With South Korea’s Leader, Trump Praises North Korean Dictator":
    nytimes.com/live/2025/08/25/us #politics #disloyalty

  36. “They wanted access to everybody’s systems,” one of the people said, adding that the idea just seemed “naive.”
    
Some senior #intelligence officials are also privately concerned that the effort could be used to pursue perceived #disloyalty to the #Trump admin, including to identify individuals who implemented the policies of the previous admin.

    #law #TulsiGabbard #InfoSec #privacy #surveillance #IllegalSurveillance

  37. A quotation from Adlai Stevenson

       The whole notion of loyalty inquisitions is a natural characteristic of the police state, not of democracy. Knowing his rule rests upon compulsion rather than consent, the dictator must always assume the disloyalty, not for a few but of many, and guard against it by continual inquisition and liquidation of the unreliable. The history of Soviet Russia is a modern example of this ancient practice.
       The democratic state, on the other hand, is based on the consent of its members. The vast majority of our people are intensely loyal, as they have amply demonstrated. To question, even by implication, the loyalty and devotion of a large group of citizens is to create an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust which is neither justified, healthy, nor consistent with our traditions. […] I must, in good conscience, protest against any unnecessary suppression of our ancient rights of free men. Moreover, we will win the contest of ideas that afflicts the world not by suppressing those rights, but by their triumph. We must not burn down the house to kill the rats.

    Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) American diplomat, statesman
    Message (1951-06-26), Veto of Illinois State Senate Bill 102

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/stevenson-adlai-ewin…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #communism #disloyalty #extremism #freedom #inquisition #loyalty #loyaltyoath #nationalsecurity #RedScare #subversion

  38. Earned my mug by hitting up all of the #coffee roasters that were part of the #disloyalty mug program in the #detroit area!

  39. Great idea, you only get the free drink if you visit five other independent local coffee shops. #disloyalty

  40. A quotation from #Shakespeare, William:

    «
    BALTHAZAR: Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
    Men were deceivers ever,
    One foot in sea and one on shore,
    To one thing constant never.
    Then sigh not so, but let them go,
    And be you blithe and bonny,
    Converting all your sounds of woe
    Into Hey, nonny nonny.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/shakespeare-william/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #abandonment #betrayal #disloyalty #grief #lettinggo #men #noworries #sadness #sighing #stiffupperlip