“All political movements are like this - we are in the right, everyone else is in the wrong. The people on our own side who disagree with us are heretics, and they start becoming enemies. With it comes an absolute conviction of your own moral superiority. There's oversimplification in everything, and a terror of flexibility.” PeopleRealityPoliticalPoliticsSidesCommunityPartyMoralEnemyGenerationsHuman NatureMovementBecomingEthicsAbsolutesStrategyUnityTerrorConvictionIdeologyTeaVotingDisagreeFree SpeechSuperiorityPolitical PartiesFlexibilityCivilityDisobedienceTea PartyCivil DisobedienceHereticPartisanshipThird PartiesPolitical MovementsOversimplificationMoral Superiority Author:Doris Lessing
“It is a third generation anti-Semitism. First it was religious in nature. Today, the Jewish state is attacked and that is the new anti-Semitism. What they have in common is that in all versions, Jews are seen as absolute evil.” FirstsStatesTodayEvilReligiousCommonGenerationsThirdsAbsolutesJewVersionsAnti Semitism Author:Manfred Gerstenfeld
“Marriage and parenting are the two strongest vows anyone will ever make. When you see these commitments being carelessly discarded, you can be certain that the ethics of that generation have been abandoned. ... What our society needs is a good dose of biblical ethic from God's people - the kind of ethic that requires us to keep our word no matter what the costs. Situational ethics have so shaped our society that even God's people have lost the concept of absolutes when it comes to keeping our word.” PeopleNeedsKindHas BeensTwoMatterCertainLostGenerationsCostEthicsConceptsCommitmentAbsolutesNo Matter WhatOur SocietyStrongestAbandonedBiblicalVowDoseOur WordsDiscarded Author:Larry Burkett
“My goal is to try to weaponize the American people, try to weaponize the conservative movement, try to weaponize the underground conservative Hollywood movement, to weaponize as many people in the center-right country to try to rectify a generation-plus long problem that has been absolute media bias, absolute media used by the Democratic Party as a tool to defeat conservatives.” PeopleTryingLongHas BeensCountryProblemUsedGoalPartyGenerationsMediaMovementToolsHollywoodAbsolutesDemocraticDefeatConservativePlusBiasDemocratic PartyMedia BiasRectify Author:Andrew Breitbart
“It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, Evey, for silence is a fragile thing, one loud noise, and its gone. But the people are so cowed and disorganised. A few might take the opportunity to protest, but it'll just be a voice crying in the wilderness. Noise is relative to the silence preceding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations, Evey and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.” PeopleDoeMightCareRememberOpportunityVoiceSilenceGoneToo MuchGenerationsHeardCryMastersAbsolutesMajoritySilentNoiseLoudRelyProtestWildernessRelativeFragileSilence IsShockingHushFragile ThingsLoud NoisesSilent Majority Author:Alan Moore
“Noise is relative to the silence preceeding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the peoples voice for generations, Evey and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.” CareRememberVoiceSilenceGenerationsHeardMastersAbsolutesNoiseRelativeShockingHush Author:Alan Moore
“The future of mankind is going to be decided within the next two generations, and there are two absolute requisites: We must aim at a stable-state society [with limited population growth] and the destruction of nuclear stockpiles. ... Otherwise I don't see how we can survive much later than 2050.” TwoStatesNextGrowthGenerationsMankindDecidedDestructionAbsolutesAimPopulationNuclearStablePopulation GrowthFuture Of Mankind Author:Jacques Monod
“I will spark a generation of thinkers who will question traditional thought until they find the absolute truth.” GenerationsAbsolutesTraditionalThinkerSparksAbsolute TruthConceited Author:Kanye West
“Absolute certainty will always elude us. We will always be mired in error. The most each generation can hope for is to reduce the error. . . .” GenerationsAbsolutesErrorsCertaintyEludeAbsolute CertaintyElude Us Book:Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark Source: Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world war if the nations of the world do not concert the method by which to prevent it.” IfsWorldI CanWarNationsChangeGenerationsAbsolutesMethodCertaintyWar Of The WorldsConcertsWorld War IAnother WorldAbsolute Certainty Book:Addresses of President Wilson Source: Addresses of President Wilson
“I call that church free which enters into the covenant with the ultimate source of existence. It binds together families and generations, protecting against the idolatry of any human claim to absolute truth or authority.” HumansTogetherChurchExistenceGenerationsSourceAuthorityUltimateClaimsAbsolutesCovenantIdolatryAbsolute Truth Author:James Luther Adams