Absolutism Quotes

22 quotes by 20 authors

If we move in the direction of biblial absolutism how can we escape turning the New Testament into a Christian Torah and the gospel into… — Robert D. Brinsmead
As liberals, men like Richter viewed socialism as the great modern counter-revolution, and believed that the achievement of the socialist goal would lead both to… — Ralph Raico
In Europe, where climate change absolutism is at its strongest, the quasi-religion of greenery in general and the climate change issue in particular have filled… — Nigel Lawson
It is possible that the distinction between moral relativism and moral absolutism has sometimes been blurred because an excessively consistent practice of either leads to… — Richard Hofstadter
As Camille Paglia's success has demonstrated, what is most marketable is absolutism and attitude undiluted by thought. — Wendy Kaminer
The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind. Such a man is not malleable; he may… — Ayn Rand
For now, decisions are upon us and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling… — Barack Obama
Absolutism is a guarantee of objectionable morals in the same way that absolutism in government is a guarantee of objectionable government. — Robert Briffault
We learned long ago that liberty could be preserved only by limiting in some way the freedom of action of individuals; that otherwise liberty would… — Louis D. Brandeis
The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism. — Lajos Kossuth
There is absolute truth in anarchism and it is to be seen in its attitude to the sovereignty of the state and to every form… — Nikolai Berdyaev
The uniting of Orthodoxy with state absolutism came about on the soil of a non-belief in the Divineness of the earth, in the earthly future… — Nikolai Berdyaev
It is the absolutism of theism, its pernicious influence upon humanity, its paralyzing effect upon thought and action, which Atheism is fighting with all its… — Emma Goldman
George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as 'evil.' Every liberal and leftist knows how to titter at such… — Christopher Hitchens
All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
According to the moral absolutism that characterizes McCandless's beliefs, a challenge in which a successful outcome is assured isn't a challenge at all. — Jon Krakauer
There is nothing quite like the moral absolutism of the young." -Hodge — Cassandra Clare
Peace cannot be built on exclusivism, absolutism, and intolerance. But neither can it be built on vague liberal slogans and pious programs gestated in the… — Thomas Merton
Some forms of absolutism are not bad; they may even be heroic. — D. A. Carson
Relativity must replace absolutism in the realm of morals as well as in the spheres of physics and biology. — Thomas Cochrane

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