A house divided against itself cannot stand.
- Abraham Lincoln


If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
- Mark Twain


Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
- Mark Twain


When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or not. Disagreement, at this stage, stimulates me. But once a decision has been made, the debate ends. From that point on, loyalty means executing the decision as if it were your own.
- Colin Powell