“Thus, even acting in error is an act of loyalty, whereas a refusal to act is not.”

“To prove loyalty to the cause, abducted children are often forced to kill family members or each other.”

“My son places a high premium on loyalty to family and friends, and he has been raised to walk his talk.”

“Many people regard him as a loyalist, for he has always stayed true to his political beliefs and supported his party unwaveringly.”

“This view holds that the British government found itself trying to keep the peace between militant republicans and their loyalist counterparts.”

“The continuing sideshows in both dissident republican and loyalist camps compound their problems.”

“Without any traditional political answers to the new era, loyalism has turned back to sectarianism.”

“The fact that it eventually settled for patriotic loyalism could not be taken for granted.”

“The massive surge of loyalism that had helped to carry the country into war lost momentum as the prospects of a swift victory dimmed.”

“Nationalists and loyalists fought first each other, and then police who tried to separate them.”

“The Ardoyne area remained tense last night as nationalists and loyalists braced themselves for more clashes following two nights of trouble.”

“But even that function is pretty meager, for only sparse audiences of curious spectators and hard core loyalists ever show up at their confabs.”

“In the end neither feudal loyalties, the absolute dominion of property ownership, nor even romance is vindicated.”

“As a Serb living among Croats and Bosnians he was, more than most, forced to confront his identity and loyalties.”

“The constituency has 873,000 voters who also seem to be divided in their loyalties.”