An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Loyalty to the true, core values and roots of democracy is what makes a true patriot, not loyalty to a symbol of the country.
The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters.
The test of good citizenship is loyalty to country.
Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us.
In Washington, particularly, the loyal opposition has a job to be the opposition. But you can't stop there.
One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.
Loyalty is about the party and the movement... if you want a better and more effective party, we've got to open ourselves up much more to our membership and our supporters.
Patriotism has no appeal to us; justice has. Party has no weight with us; principle has. Loyalty is meaningless; it depends on what one is loyal to.