Loyalty..

 The loyalty of a dog is not mindless.  It is born of love.

Love is the basis.  Not fear.

Name it. Family.  Friends.  Associates.  Freedom.  We love these.  And more.

Love is healthy, giving.  

Taking an oath is an expression of loyalty.  Of course, it can be for weal or woe.  To country or to the fallen, there is a difference.

I've never taken an oath.  My loyalty is, however, to God and country.  That's no secret.

What is a secret might be those thing, as said, that might fall into the wrong hands.

Yonder, there is no love.  Loyalty is fear by force.

Love.  Do what's right.  The birth of loyalty.

Loyalty persistently restores.