Loyalty

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Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.

William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

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Topic

Betrayal Loyalty Patriotism Rome

Speaker

Brutus

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Julius Caesar

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play) Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1599 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1599, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Julius Caesar." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 2.

I don't want loyalty. I want loyalty. I want him to kiss my ass in Macy's window at high noon and tell me it smells like roses. I want his pecker in my pocket.

Lyndon B. Johnson

On a prospective assistant.

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Topic

Loyalty

Speaker

Lyndon B. Johnson

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Johnson, Lyndon B. Lyndon Johnson demanding loyalty from a potential White House hire. c. 1967, Washington, DC, USA.

Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut.

Goodfellas

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Topic

Omerta Loyalty

Speaker

James Conway

Actor

Robert De Niro

Source

Goodfellas

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Goodfellas. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Warner Bros., 1990.

Be slow in chusing a Friend, be slower in changing.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic

Friends Friendship Loyalty

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Advice

Language

English

Time

1735 1730s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1735.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1735." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.