Few politicians are good at taking the high ground and throwing themselves off it. — Peter Mandelson Copy Share Image
When we separated, I did not want to get in a slugfest. I had to take the high ground. — Marla Maples Copy Share Image
An e-mail from a reader says that liberals like to take the moral high ground, even though their own moral relativism means… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“who cursed and swore at him from a moral high ground that cyclists alone seem able to inhabit.” — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
My father really set the tone for us to be a more moral nation, to take a moral high ground in everything… — Bernice King Copy Share Image
“It was all very well occupying the moral high ground on electoral reform, but what really mattered, she thought, was how you… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
You know that things are not going well when you lose the moral high ground to a TMZ reporter, — John Oliver Copy Share Image
In the Trump era, the Left has smartly and justifiably seized a moral high ground that the Right has abandoned by its… — Bari Weiss Copy Share Image
“When someone tries to pull you into the mud, remember that they have to get dirty just to reach you; stay on… — Fazal Nasir Copy Share Image
Israel is much more effective when the Israelis are convinced that we are on the moral high ground: that we are acting… — Ehud Barak Copy Share Image
“A person who is seeking to feel justification for some action might move from “What you’ve done angers me” to “What you’ve… — Gavin de Becker Copy Share Image
“You will never overcome your self righteousness if you continue to believe that God prefers you over other people. The moment you… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Everyone must know by now that the aim of Scrabble is to gain the moral high ground, the loser being the first… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Another time he told me about two mountains—one of cork, the other of marble—which had spent thousands of years staring at each… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“I am stubbornly proud of my sexuality. To anyone who has looked down on me from a moral high ground , I… — Anna Camilleri Copy Share Image
Looking back on 200 years of feminist agitation in this country, we've got to get it that the moral high ground doesn't… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
As a teenager, I put a lot of pressure on myself, and a lot of that, for me, was about finding a… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
After fifteen years of facing them (pitchers) you don't really get over them. They're devious. They're the only players in the game… — Richie Ashburn Copy Share Image
“She couldn't or simply wouldn't understand why I wanted to sleep all the time, and she was always rubbing my nose in… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
Astrophysicists perfected navigation. We perfected all these things that matter to the power of nations manifest on the world stage. So we… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“This country has not seen and probably will never know the true level of sacrifice of our veterans. As a civilian I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“That's the myth of it, the required lie that allows us to render our judgments. Parasites, criminals, dope fiends, dope peddlers, whores--when… — David Simon Copy Share Image
“Who has the moral high ground? Fifteen blocks from the whitehouse on small corners in northwest, d.c. boys disguised as me rip… — Haki R. Madhubuti Copy Share Image
“New Rule: America must stop bragging it's the greatest country on earth, and start acting like it. I know this is uncomfortable… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“You will never be able to end any battle if the people involved are unable to see their own hypocrisy, or how… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Set your goals high; make friends with different kinds of people; enjoy simple pleasures. Stand on high ground; sit on level ground;… — Li Ka-shing Copy Share Image
I choose to fight for the future, to seize the high ground and retake the Shining City on a Hill. — Madison Cawthorn Copy Share Image
Don’t take the high ground and assume you already know what you’ll do. The truth is, when it comes to someone you… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Materialist philosophies that treat human beings as machines or animals possess the high ground in our culture - academia, the most powerful… — Marvin Olasky Copy Share Image
Hypocrisy is not a way of getting back to the moral high ground. Pretending you're moral, saying your moral is not the… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
That's how hatred is created: two different groups, each insisting they're on the moral high ground — Neil Strauss Copy Share Image
Autocratic power requires the degradation of moral authority - not the capture of moral high ground. — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
“Do not lie on low ground, the torrent will take you off; do not lie on high ground, the wind will take… — Raj Doctor Copy Share Image
There is certainly this widespread anti-Americanism within the Russian elite, a feeling that the U.S. lost any moral high ground it could… — Fiona Hill Copy Share Image
“It’s called the real world. If we refused to do business with the morally questionable, the deal volume would drop in half… — Helen Simonson Copy Share Image
We have the - the longest, friendliest border, you know, for the - for the longest time in the history - in… — Tucker Carlson Copy Share Image
The best conversation is rare. Society seems to have agreed to treat fictions as realities, and realities as fictions; and the simple… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
