Loyalty to a side, he said, had been instilled in him by hi… - Mary McCarthy

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Loyalty to a side, he said, had been instilled in him by his southern mother, but he now thought you had to be loyal to all sides, to the truth as you saw it, which, when you came down to it, meant being loyal to yourself.

Mary McCarthy

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Mary Therese McCarthy (21 June 1912 – 25 October 1989) was an American author and critic.

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