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To me, it really seems visible today that ethics is not something exterior to the economy, which, as technical matter, could function on its own;… — Pope Benedict XVI
The principle of asceticism never was, nor ever can be, consistently pursued by any living creature. Let but one tenth part of the inhabitants of… — Jeremy Bentham
As Nelson Mandela has pointed out, boycott is not a principle, it is a tactic depending upon circumstances. A tactic which allows people, as distinct… — John Berger
It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. — Alfred Adler
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. — Ingrid Bergman
The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense. — George Berkeley
An economy genuinely local and neighborly offers to localities a measure of security that they cannot derive from a national or a global economy controlled… — Wendell Berry
Science regards man as an aggregation of atoms temporarily united by a mysterious force called the life-principle. To the materialist, the only difference between a… — Annie Besant
Let's talk of a system that transforms all the social organisms into a work of art, in which the entire process of work is included...… — Joseph Beuys
When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation - namely, life, liberty and justice… — Benazir Bhutto
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice. — Otto von Bismarck
Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of domination that is elsewhere concealed. — Theodor Adorno
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. — Ambrose Bierce
The first and only principle of sexual ethics: the accuser is always in the wrong. — Theodor Adorno
For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles. — Theodore Bikel
Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party… — Tony Blair
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. — Aesop
The United States and Israel have a unique relationship based on our mutual commitment to democracy, freedom, and peace. Therefore, just as our commitment to… — John Boehner
But make no mistake, the President will find in our new majority the voice of the American people as they've expressed it tonight: standing on… — John Boehner
The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and… — Henry Bolingbroke

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