ethics

"How far down the evolutionary scale shall we go? Shall we eat fish? What about shrimps? Oysters? To answer these questions we must bear in mind the central principle on which our concern for other bei…"

"Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate in adhering to an opinion once adopted."

"Moral: In uplifting, get underneath."

"Sacrifice money, not principles."

"The issue is not that morals be applied to public policy, it's that conservatives bring public policy to spheres of our lives where it should not enter."

"Distance in time has made my voice less contrived and subjective. I don’t feel I’m writing some kind of diary . I am far more conscious of my voice and more disciplined in separating myself from my ch…"

"Once Evo Morales was forced to resign...State security forces, which had stepped aside to let Camacho’s fascist gangs wreak havoc and attack opponents, were now deployed to crush the inevitable resist…"

"The need for novelty is the characteristic of an alienated gorilla."

"This individual is regularly nominated not only by himself but by others as well: by the ordinary townsfolk who beg him to save their town, their world, or their galaxy because they see that he has th…"

"Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "A believing man should not hate a believing woman. If he dislikes something in her character, he shoul…"

"The United States, for example, has never had a President as bad as George III, but neither has Britain had a king as admirable as George Washington . Still, even to concede this obvious argument is t…"

"The Civil Rights Act of 1997 is simple, direct, and clear: it prohibits federal government discrimination and preferences on the basis of race and sex. Most of the arguments against this legislation a…"

"It is impossible for a poet to characterize his own work. From other people I gather that I am a gloomy poet, if not a tragic one."

"Thus the principle that no foreign political payments shall be made often collides with the principle that we should expand international trade and investment, that multinational companies should conf…"

"A culture of discipline is not a principle of business, it is a principle of greatness."

"The Things to do are: the things that need doing, that you see need to be done, and that no one else seems to see need to be done. Then you will conceive your own way of doing that which needs to be d…"

"Terrorism, which means killing civilians in whatever name or title, lacks morality, and nobody who lacks such principle will go to heaven."

"To consider one’s creed as superior to that of every non-Muslim is the duty of a Mussalman."

"A good many institutions in liberal democracies already take such a form and may serve as exemplars for fashioning new ones. One could say that democracy itself is based on the assumption that the met…"

"Perfect is the virtue which is according to the Mean! Rare have they long been among the people, who could practice it!"