ethics

"We can have the final word on hate, neglect, disease and all the other insidious characters that still script their way into our stories...for now, but not forever."

"The elections are not about what rallies I should or not join but rather about issues and platforms, pure intentions and commitment to principles. It is sad that they have focused on rallies as an iss…"

"The German Army is tired. The vain effort to defeat Russia's armies has used up its equipment and reduced its morale."

"Manly energy ... is the proper rendering , and not virtue, at least in the present and ordinary acceptation of the word."

"Kofi and U.N. Ideals" in The Wall Street Journal"

"I really mean what I say. A Dickens character to me is a theatrical projection of a character. Not that it isn't real. It's real, but in that removed sense. But Sherlock Holmes is simply there. I woul…"

"The belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the world and to the happiness of man, that arguments which enforce it cannot be drawn from too many sources nor a…"

"t would be a piece of ingenuousness to accuse the man of to-day of his lack of moral code. The accusation would leave him cold, or rather, would flatter him. Immoralism has become a commonplace, and a…"

"You can't promote principled anti-corruption action without pissing off corrupt people."

"Recognition of the subjectivity of the qualities of sense is found in Galilei in a form closely related to the principle underlying the constructive mathematical method of our modern physics which rep…"

"Our Traders in MEN must know the wickedness of that SLAVE-TRADE, if they attend to reasoning, or the dictates of their own hearts; and such as shun and stiffle all these, wilfully sacrifice Conscience…"

"Orderly discipline and morale within an army was the responsibility of the Division Commander."

"Out of respect for my gay male readers, I'll resist the temptation to characterize this ruling as "shoving gay marriage down our throats."

"I think there is at least one moral theory of respectable lineage and good independent credentials that can accommodate such fairly minimal intuitions about us and animals. This is the theory Hume off…"

"Landlords have no nationality; their characteristics are cosmopolitan."

"The great principle underlying the present system is unpaid labor. Those who amass fortunes, build palaces, and live in luxury, are doing that by virtue of unpaid labor. Being directly or indirectly t…"

"Nothing but the most exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune."

"Our first moral concern should always be with the individual who is the maximum sufferer."

"If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly."

"The Catholic Church’s job is to call people to sanctity and to equip them for living saintly lives. Its mission is not to produce nice people, or people with hearts of gold, or people with good intent…"