• To require a citizen to sign a loyalty oath is to destroy some of the loyalty he could otherwise claim, since any subsequent loyal behavior may then be attributed to the oath.

  B. F. Skinner
  American psychologist, behaviorist and author
  

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1. subsequent
2. attributed
3. loyalty
4. destroy
5. could
6. claim

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To require a citizen to sign a loyalty oath is to destroy some of the loyalty he could otherwise claim, since any subsequent loyal behavior may then be attributed to the oath. by : B. F. Skinner

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