Grounds Quotes

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At bottom, the battle has been waged on moral grounds. The country has debated whether a society for which the dignity of the individual is… — William J. Brennan
The doctrine of transmigrationÂ… was a means of constructing a plausible vindication of the ways of the cosmos to man; Â… none but very hasty… — Thomas Huxley
In my opinion, economists and sociologists are the people to whom we ought to turn more than we do for instruction in the grounds and… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
I believe we should try to move away from the vocabulary and attitudes which shape the stereotyping of developed and developing country approaches to human… — Mary Robinson
The reality is that no group of countries has any grounds for complacency about its own human rights performance and no group of countries does… — Kofi Annan
It is not surprising that liberals believed in progress. The idea of progress justified the entire transition from feudalism to capitalism. It legitimated the breaking… — Immanuel Wallerstein
I know that it is a hopeless undertaking to debate about fundamental value judgements. For instance, if someone approves, as a goal, the extirpation of… — Albert Einstein
Hawks favor war on the grounds that Saddam Hussein is reckless, tyrannical and instinctively aggressive, and that if he comes into possession of nuclear weapons… — Charles Krauthammer
What else do we need to know about the political establishment than that it refuses to discuss the crimes that terrify Americans on grounds that… — Ron Paul
You can only exclude it on philosophical grounds. In my view there is absolutely nothing wrong in that. What I want to bring into the… — George F. R. Ellis
Faith is not a blind, irrational conviction. In order to believe, we must know what we believe, and the grounds on which our faith rests. — Charles Hodge
The popularity of the paranormal, oddly enough, might even be grounds for encouragement. I think that the appetite for mystery, the enthusiasm for that which… — Richard Dawkins
The less depth a belief system has, the greater the fervency with which its adherents embrace it. The most vociferous, the most fanatical are those… — Dean Koontz
Family is what grounds you. — Angelina Jolie
Students deserve our care and concern on the grounds of principle, not personality. — Marshall Gregory
People in office have to become models of correct behaviour. What they say and how they act should be beyond criticism. And when they commit… — D. R. Karthikeyan
Some people argue against both optimism and pessimism in favor of so-called realistic thinking. They distrust optimism on the grounds that it causes us to… — Price Pritchett
The tears of my eyes watered your heart but failed to evoke a response from the barren grounds of what beats in you. They will… — Faraaz Kazi
No great question will ever be settled in dollars and cents. Great questions must be settled on moral grounds and the tests of what makes… — Herbert Hoover
If you are honest, truthful, and transparent, people trust you. If people trust you, you have no grounds for fear, suspicion or jealousy. — Dalai Lama

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