Duty Quotes
Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.
"Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong."— Abraham Lincoln
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Meaning of this quote
Loyalty is made conditional on right conduct rather than on a person’s position. The saying allows support to change when a leader acts wrongly.
Key takeaway:
Keep your ethical judgment independent of loyalty to a leader.
Origin of the quote
Paraphrase of Lincoln’s principle of standing with someone while he is right.
Who actually said this?
Commonly attributedThe posted wording appears in a modern leadership collection. A related Lincoln passage does not authenticate this exact rewritten sentence.
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