“True loyalty between individuals is possible only in a loose and relatively free society.”

Section 101
The True Believer (1951), Part Three: United Action and Self-Sacrifice
Context: Collective unity is not the result of the brotherly love of the faithful for each other. The loyalty of the true believer is to the whole — the church, party, nation — and not to his fellow true believer. True loyalty between individuals is possible only in a loose and relatively free society.

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