LOYALTY PLEDGE

GET OUT OR GET IN LINE

by Elbert Hubbard

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If you work for a man, in heaven's name work

for him!

If he pays you wages that supply you your bread

and butter, work for him speak well of him,

think well of him, stand by him and stand by the

institution he represents.

I think if I worked for a man I would work for

him. I would not work for him a part of the time,

and the rest of the time work against him. I

would give an undivided service or none. If put

to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound

of cleverness.

If you must vilify, condemn and

eternally disparage, why, resign your position,

and when you are outside, damn to your heart's

content. But, I pray you, so long as you are a

part of an institution, do not condemn it. Not that

you will injure the institution not that but

when you disparage the concern of which you

are a part, you disparage yourself.

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Source : University of California (California Digital Library)