Absolutism Quote by Garry Trudeau

“I do not say that there are no stronger men than these; but will any one say that there are any men stronger than…

— G.K. Chesterton

Not only was one cartoonist gunned down, but riots erupted around the world, resulting in the deaths of scores. No one could say toward…

— Garry Trudeau

At some point free expression absolutism becomes childish and unserious.

— Garry Trudeau

Moral relativism says morality is relative, not absolute, I want to show moral relativism, in its popular form, is logically incoherent.

— Peter Kreeft

Does it seem to you impossible to imagine anything more inextricable than the social contract, when you think of the frightful number of relations…

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

The saving principles and doctrines of the Church are established, fixed, and unchangeable.

— James E. Faust

The absolutist takes himself to speak to the ages, with the tongue of angels, but the relativist hears only one version among others, the…

— Simon Blackburn

“We humans, through old habits, and because of the inherent structure of human knowledge have a tendency to make static, definite, and, in a…

— Alfred Korzybski

“George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as 'evil.' Every liberal and leftist knows how to titter at…

— Christopher Hitchens

The absolutist trumpets his plain vision; the relativist sees only someone who is unaware of his own spectacles.

— Simon Blackburn

Absolutism is a guarantee of objectionable morals in the same way that absolutism in government is a guarantee of objectionable government.

— Robert Briffault

As Camille Paglia's success has demonstrated, what is most marketable is absolutism and attitude undiluted by thought.

— Wendy Kaminer

Peace cannot be built on exclusivism, absolutism, and intolerance. But neither can it be built on vague liberal slogans and pious programs gestated in…

— Thomas Merton

In the light of absolute values (religious or ethical) man himself is judged to be limited or imperfect, while he can occasionally accomplish acts…

— T. E. Hulme

Those who claim absolutism is merely a myth are right that it has been misused simply as a byword for political centralisation.

— Peter Wilson