Does loyalty even exist anymore?

From this viewpoint, the perspective of the citizen, author and cryptography expert Bruce Schneier argues in favour of whistleblowers on his blog

It's not my place to question Tom's loyalty.

It isn't my place to question Tom's loyalty.

It is an ancient civilization stretching back thousands of years, imbued with fierce national pride.

When growth falters, the food fight among party members will become vicious.

Certainly, there are public opinion leaders, whose loyalty is bought.

Eighteen months of violent Israeli Palestinian confrontations have set new dynamics in motion.

Several senior military officers whose loyalty was questionable were also replaced.

With dissent suppressed, the authenticity of citizens loyalty becomes irrelevant.

It's not my place to question Tom's loyalty.

It isn't my place to question Tom's loyalty.

What Inji got instead was much of the same brutal harassment and threats of violence.

Clearly, it is legitimate to interrogate a future Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) about his views on abortion.

But it is entirely out of place when appointees to scientific advisory committees are subjected to tests of political loyalty.

Like communism, which once promised absolution for the worst crimes in exchange for loyalty, Russia's current state religion allows, even encourages, misdeeds including murder so long as one is loyal to God.

Yet Saleh retains the loyalty of the interior ministry, the Republican Guard, and part of the air force.

In short, our allegiances, particularly in the West, have rarely seemed more divided than they do now.

Yet, instead of building such an order, Obama s presidency has so far been a mighty struggle to stem the decline in American power.

Dangerfield based his diagnosis on a cross section of institutions, politics, and personalities, set against the bitter class warfare of the time. Americans, however, have generally been averse to class warfare.

The regime s ideology, after all, places the state and loyalty to the rulers ahead of private property and merit.

First, the fact that leaving the company usually meant cashing in one s pension at a discount increased worker loyalty.

The candidate countries have simply shown loyalty to the US at a time when the US needs them.

Now that Syria s Sunnis have risen up against their Alawite rulers, Christians loyalty to the regime has become a liability, even a danger.

It may have jeopardized short term sales, but it builds lasting, long term loyalty based on shared values.

The middle two sections make up our limbic brains, and our limbic brains are responsible for all of our feelings, like trust and loyalty.

It cannot be the case that America's fidelity to democracy in Ukraine can be so cynically purchased.

While this will be the subject of a fierce political battle in the US, it is likely that the European Union will be far more willing to move ahead.

With the world s fastest growing economies, fastest rising military expenditures, fiercest resource competition, and most serious hot spots, Asia obviously holds the key to the future global order.

And, in both North and Sub Saharan Africa, brand loyalty is strong, averaging 58 .

Of course, politicians incite many of these conflicts, using caste, sect, and religion not political ideas to build voter loyalty.

The allegiance of the FMLN s congressional caucus lies primarily with the party s traditional structure and only accidentally with Funes.

For example, MAS Holdings in Sri Lanka has incorporated into the workplace nursing stations, on site banking, and company buses that ease employees commutes and facilitate participation in sports programs. Such measures not only lead to increased productivity they also bolster loyalty, morale, and thus employee retention.

Such measures not only lead to increased productivity they also bolster loyalty, morale, and thus employee retention.

Green Wave Voice aslo created a trailer for the 11 February demonstration where the words courage , loyality and democracy have been emphasised.

In an impassioned bit of rhetoric Kadyrov ridiculed Zhirinovsky and at the same time reaffirmed his loyalty to Putin and to the Russian state

A small number of young Muslims later fought with the Taliban. But most British Muslims condemned them, insisting on loyalty to Britain.

He defended Nixon steadfastly, but later as Nixon's complicity became clear, Bush focused more on defending the Republican Party, while still maintaining loyalty to Nixon.

A row has flared up between leading plane makers over the width of tourist class seats on long distance flights, setting the tone for a bitter confrontation at this month's Dubai Airshow.

A nominee for the National Institutes of Health's Muscular Dystrophy Research Coordinating Committee told of being vetted by a White House staff member.

However, Jobs' leadership at the Macintosh project did not last after an internal power struggle with new CEO John Sculley, Jobs resigned from Apple in 1985.

The current epidemic of ideology, in which advisory committees are shut down and reassembled with new members, and candidates are subjected to loyalty tests, seems old hat to some observers.

Under Charles de Gaulle, France combined faithfulness to the Western cause in time of crisis with a strong willingness to promote its diplomatic independence and freedom of maneuver.

The dark skinned Zakaria, a naturalized American from India with a Ph.D. from Harvard, felt compelled to affirm his loyalty for America twice.

But his power, too, relies on the votes of countries outside Western Europe, and their loyalty, too, is secured by the promise of TV rights and commercial franchises.