ethics

"The situation is a difficult one. Nothing has been definitely settled yet. The manoeuvers plotted by the opponents of our territorial integrity are not about to end. Our cause may have to face other c…"

"e should be clear that neither genuine religious nor genuine moral impulses will ever be expressed in terms that tie the two essentially together. If you view religion as necessary for ethics, you’ve …"

"The difference principle, for example, requires that the higher expectations of the more advantaged contribute to the prospects of the least advantaged."

"Destiny is a lie. Destiny is justification for atrocity. It is the means by which murderers armour themselves against reprimand. It is a word intended to stand in place of ethics, denying all moral co…"

"At first, nonviolence seems like a clear moral position that has little to do with race. This view is based on the simplistic assumption that violence is first and foremost something that we choose. B…"

"The Jews are irreligious, atheistic, immoral bunch of bastards."

"I think the Ethics will have a permanent effect on me."

"I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie."

"I wouldn't characterize it the way Larry has, calling it a cabal... what Larry is suggesting in his comments is that very often maybe Mr. Rumsfeld and Vice President Cheney would take decisions in to …"

"When some principle requires us to act in some way, this principle’s acceptability cannot depend on whether such acts are often possible. We cannot defend some principle by claiming that, in the world…"

"Young conductors talk too much."

"Mr. Gladstone" character sketch by W.T. Stead, in the Review of Reviews"

"Virtue and vice are concepts invented by human beings, words for morality which human beings arbitrarily devise."

"The principle of territorial integrity is not sufficient justification to perpetuate situations of internal conflict that may erupt in civil war and threaten regional and international peace and secur…"

"Street design up to the time of the Regency will be found to be loyal, in principle, to what had been developed in Bath. The two most important names in English planning during the period are those of…"

"I believe he has a sense of integrity...Relatively speaking he has a cleaner record than most politicians in office."

"Very broadly, I think one writes and rewrites the same book. I lead a character from book to book, I continue along with the same ideas. Only the angle of vision, the method, the lighting, change."

"The authority of the State is not subject to negotiation, or compromise, or to divide its terrain with other moral or religious principles that might interfere in consciousness. The authority of the S…"

"All the tolerance of persecution that has seeped into the Jewish character — the adaptability, the patience, the resignation, the silence, the self-denial — must be squeezed out, until the only respon…"

"The evidence of racial bias comes not only from statistics, but also from remarks made by police, city and court officials. A thorough examination of the records – including a large volume of work ema…"