#oral

I was asked by a group to write a song on the theme of brotherhood. This was before women's liberation, when brotherhood meant men and women both, so I wrote the song. Since I had always been very fond of the Passion Chorale, I wrote words to that great piece. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#asked #been #before #both #brotherhood

So long as there is death there will be sorrow, and so long as there is sorrow it can be no part of the duty of human beings to increase its amount, in spite of the fact that a few rare spirits know how to transmute it. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#ethics #morality #progress #society #sorrow

I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of the 2000 election in the US and say that electoral politics doesn't matter any more, and that Ralph Nader was right when he said there is no difference between the two parties. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#anybody #between #contemplate #could #difference

Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was my decision to have it out in public with the owners of organized baseball. ↗

— Curt Flood

#cardinals #contributed #course #decision #growth

There's the Bacon society, which is fostered by his fourth wife Helen Bacon, but I don't know what kind of performances his music gets. He wrote symphonic music and some chorale music. ↗

— Carlisle Floyd

#chorale #fostered #fourth #gets #helen

For millions of men and women, the church has been the hospital for the soul, the school for the mind and the safe depository for moral ideas. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#church #depository #hospital #ideas #men

My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. Our role in supporting Israel honors our own heritage. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#basic #commitment #enlightened #future #heritage

If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#evil #moral #moral evil #physical #upon

The U.S. used to be perceived as the moral leader of the world, and we have absolutely lost that. ↗

— Tom Ford

#leader #lost #moral #perceived #used

Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine. ↗

— Edmund Wilson

#engine #genius #insight #moral #motor