Full Idea
Conservatives have made the concept of allegiance, conceived as a power, fundamental to their description of the experience of society
Gist of Idea
Allegiance is fundamental to the conservative view of society
Source
Roger Scruton (A Dictionary of Political Thought [1982], 'allegiance')
Book Reference
Scruton,Roger: 'A Dictionary of Political Thought' [Pan 1983], p.12
A Reaction
This provokes the famous slogan of "My country - right or wrong!" However, the issue here is not going to be decided by a consequentialist analysis, but by a view a of human nature. I think I would want to carefully prise allegiance apart from loyalty.