“Every man, who parrots the cry of ‘stand by the President’ without adding the proviso ‘so far as he serves the Republic’ takes an attitude as essentially unmanly as that of any Stuart royalist who championed the doctrine that the King could do no wrong. No self-respecting and intelligent free man could take such an attitude.” MenSelfPresidentAttitudeCryKingsIntelligentEvery ManDoctrineRepublicFree ManParrots Book:The Great Adventure: Present-day Studies in American Nationalism Source: The Great Adventure: Present-day Studies in American Nationalism
“Schools need not preach political doctrine to defend democracy. If they shape men capable of critical thought and trained in social attitudes, that is all that is necessary.” IfsMenNeedsSchoolPoliticalSocialEducationAttitudeDemocracyShapesCapableCriticalDoctrine Author:Albert Einstein
“As regards the Liberal doctrines, the attitude of Fascism is one of absolute opposition both in the political and in the economical field.” PoliticalAttitudeFieldsAbsolutesRegardDoctrineOppositionFascism Author:Benito Mussolini
“A dictatorship of relativism is being built that recognizes nothing as definite, and which leaves as the ultimate measure only one's ego and desires ... Having a clear faith, according to the credo of the church, is often labeled as fundamentalism. Yet relativism, that is, letting oneself being carried 'here and there by any wind of doctrine,' appears as the sole attitude good enough for modern times.” EnoughDesireChurchAttitudeClearModernWindEgoBuiltUltimateOneselfDoctrineGood EnoughSoleDictatorshipFundamentalismDefiniteHere And ThereRelativismModern TimesCredo Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Teaching our children is more than just imparting information. It's helping our children get the doctrine into their hearts in a way that it becomes part of their very being and is reflected in their attitudes and behavior throughout their lives.” WayHeartChildrenHelpingAttitudeTeachingInformationBehaviorOur ChildrenDoctrine Author:Cheryl A. Esplin
“And this is also what he takes Christian doctrine, in all its complexity, to be centrally about, that is, teaching an attitude rather than a set of propositions. Call it joyous openness to life. What's not relevant about that?” ChristianAttitudeTeachingDoctrineComplexityOpennessRelevantPropositionsJoyousChristian Doctrine Author:George Pattison
“Kant's system of duties constitutes a Doctrine of Virtue because the duties also indicate what kinds of attitudes, dispositions and feelings are morally virtuous or vicious.” KindFeelingsAttitudeVirtueDutyDoctrineVirtuousDispositionVicious Author:Allen W. Wood