#oral

The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#because #cannot #catharsis #defeat #emotional

The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#bends #elbow #justice #moral #universe

The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples. ↗

— Henry A. Kissinger

#imperative #israel #moral #security

Our Blessed Lord left the world without leaving any written message. His doctrine was Himself. Ideal and History were identified in Him. The truth that all other ethical teachers proclaimed, and the light that they gave to the world, was not IN them, but OUTSIDE them. Our Divine Lord, however, identified Divine Wisdom with Himself. It was the first time in history that it was ever done, and it has never been done since. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#jesus #morality #religion #life

While a defeat for Obamacare in the Court would be nice, the defeat of President Obama at the polls on November 6 is crucial. If electoral victory is achieved, Obamacare can and will be repealed - and more judges of a constitutionalist persuasion will be appointed by the next president. ↗

— Bill Kristol

#appointed #be nice #court #crucial #defeat

People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place. ↗

— Irving Kristol

#crucial role #moral #need #nothing #people

Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#easiest #easiest way #heard #making #morals

That this individual life of all of us is not something limited in its temporal expression to the life that now we experience, follows from the very fact that here nothing final or individual is found expressed. ↗

— Josiah Royce

#expressed #expression #fact #final #follows

I realised I could run after finding out that my dad used to run and it gave me the morale that if he did it then maybe I could also run. ↗

— David Rudisha

#also #could #dad #did #finding

Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#caused #fear #half #mankind #moralist