ethics

"Frequently an issue of this sort will come before the Court clad, so to speak, in sheep's clothing: the potential of the asserted principle to effect important change in the equilibrium of power is no…"

"The main misfortune, the root of all evil to come, was loss of the confidence in the value of one's own opinion. People imagined that it was out of date of follow their own moral sense, that they must…"

"Creativity is the universal of universals characterizing ultimate matter of fact. It is that ultimate principle by which the many, which are the universe disjunctively, become the one actual occasion,…"

"The Competent Manager: A Model for Effective Performance offers an empirical, total system approach that determines which characteristics of managers enable them to be effective in various management …"

"IF THERE BE HERE LESSON OR MORAL, IT LIES BEYOND THE COMPETENCE OF HIM WHO INSCRIBES THIS RECORD."

"In ancient times, any man rising up above the common people tried to shape his life according to his principles; it is no longer like than now; it is for the ancients, moral was a principle of inner l…"

"If what charms you is nothing but abstract principles, sit down and turn them over quietly in your mind: but never dub yourself a Philosopher, nor suffer others to call you so. Say rather: He is in er…"

"Distrust was counted as a democratic virtue, and over-confidence as a democratic vice."

"Be content that others have position, if thou hast ability: that others have riches, if thou hast virtue."

"It’s the first principle, isn’t it? Whoever’s arguing fiercest for violence is the cop."

"The anger that you see expressed out there in Los Angeles, in my district this evening, is a righteous anger, and it's difficult for me to say to the people, "Don't be angry." When people are angry an…"

"Boomer Envy: Envy of material wealth and long-range material security accrued by older members of the baby boom generation by virtue of fortunate births."

"A character is a completely fashioned will. ."

"All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us."

"he liked lofty moral principle and cared little for political tactics; he felt a profound respect for Sumner himself; but the shock opened a chasm in life that never closed, and as long as life lasted…"

"The Mystical Body of Christ does not rest on abstract principles but on concrete persons who have missions, or on missions which are personal."

"Specialization in this world is rudimentary and self-sufficiency characterizes most individual households"

"Morality consists of reproduction, survival of the race, and loyalty to our comrades. And not much else."

"It is not always our faults that ruin us, but the manner of our conduct after we have committed them. ."

"Moral equivalence is a term of propaganda that was invented to try to prevent us from looking at the acts for which we are responsible. ...There is no such notion. There are many different dimensions …"