![Our search for such [moral] principles can start with . . . the unconditional imperative to acknowledge every person as a person. If we ask for the contents given by this absolute, we find, first, something negative-the command not to treat a person as a thing. This seems little, but it is much. It is the core of the principle of justice.](/assets/img/quote-photos/our-search-for-such-moral-principles-can-start-with-the-unconditional-imp.jpg)
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command-not knowing faith-in-god
Faith is letting down our nets into the transparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall draw. Francois Fenelon
command-not justice negative
Our search for such [moral] principles can start with . . . the unconditional imperative to acknowledge every person as a person. If we ask for the contents given by this absolute, we find, first, something negative-the command not to treat a person as a thing. This seems little, but it is much. It is the core of the principle of justice. Paul Tillich
justice feelings humanity
There is no cruelty so inexorable and unrelenting as that which proceeds from a bigoted and presumptuous supposition of doing service to God. The victim of the fanatical persecutor will find that the stronger the motives he can urge for mercy are, the weaker will be his chance for obtaining it, for the merit of his destruction will be supposed to rise in value in proportion as it is effected at the expense of every feeling both of justice and of humanity. Charles Caleb Colton
justice trying sides
When God justifies a sinner, everything in God is on the sinner's side. All the attributes of God are on the sinner's side. It isn't that mercy is pleading for the sinner and justice is trying to beat him to death. All of God does all that God does. Aiden Wilson Tozer
justice mercy quarrels
God's justice and God's mercy do not quarrel with each other.
justice served
We want to see justice served for what was done. Linda Patterson
justice cop
She supported a deal that didn't even require this murderous regime to return a cop killer, JoAnne Chesimard, to face justice. See I know about this personally. Chris Christie
justice clinton
Since the Justice Department refuses to allow you to render a verdict, I'm going to present the case now, on the facts, against Hillary Rodham Clinton.
justice long people
As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us. Chinua Achebe
justice prejudice natural
Prejudice is not so much dependent upon natural antipathy as upon education. David Ruggles
justice shapes outcomes
We have a system of justice in [the US] that treats you much better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent. Wealth, not culpability, shapes outcomes. Bryan Stevenson
negative defined
He defined himself almost wholly in the negative: It was not who he was, it was who he was not. Chris Bohjalian
negative plenty
I've had plenty of negative reviews. I have my entire life. David Cross
negative relief form
I'm an incredibly negative person, so any form of success is only ever going to be a relief to me and set my default position back to neutral. Catherine Tate
negative timeless accentuate
I accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative. That is the timeless thing, Casey Kasem
negative phase stocks
We're in a very negative phase with the stocks right now.
negative morality said
Official morality has always been oppressive and negative: it has said "thou shalt not," and has not troubled to investigate the effect of activities not forbidden by the code. Bertrand Russell
negative littles way
For society, the Internet is wonderful, but for capitalists, it will be a net negative. It will increase efficiency, but lots of things increase efficiency without increasing profits. It is way more likely to make American businesses less profitable than more profitable. This is perfectly obvious, but very little understood. Charlie Munger
negative
We had back-to-back negative years in the market, and this mimics the market. It's very discouraging for people.
negative maximizing minimizing
Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative. Barbara Corcoran