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“My body, thus, and all my good besides, And all my merits gained and to be gained, I give them all away withholding nothing To bring about the benefit of beings.”

Giving Body Benefits Merit Attachment Withholding

Author:Shantideva

“Many think it not only inevitable but entirely proper that liberty give way to security in times of national crisis--that, at the extremes of military exigency, inter arma silent leges. Whatever the general merits of the view that war silences law or modulates its voice, that view has no place in the interpretation and application of a Constitution designed precisely to confront war and, in a manner that accords with democratic principles, to accommodate it.”

Source: Scalia's Court: A Legacy of Landmark Opinions and Dissents

“The market system requires that people be committed and willing to work hard. Inherent with that is what I call a merit system, which I think gives people the greatest opportunity.”

People Thinking Giving Hard Opportunity Economy Willing Hard Work Committed Merit Inherent

Author:Lee R. Raymond

“Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out.”

Giving Figures Merit Shade Modesty Standing Out

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.”

Giving History Truth Is Dignity Merit

Book:The History of Freedom: Great Event

Source: The History of Freedom: Great Event

“Giving no pain to any creature, let him slowly accumulate spiritual merit, for the sake ,of acquiring a companion to the next world, just as the white ant ,gradually raises its hill.”

World Giving Pain Spiritual Next White Creatures Raises Sake Hills Merit Companion Ants No Pain

Author:Guru Nanak

“There can be no return to prosperity while the government (of Ontario) believes that taking money from the people who have earned it and giving it away to the people who haven't, in exchange for their votes and regardless of merit, is the essence of fairness.”

People Giving Believe Government Havens Return Capitalism Essence Vote Prosperity Merit Fairness Ontario

Author:Conrad Black

“Power. like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to what is low, exaltation. To acquire it, appears not more difficult than to be dispossessed of it when acquired, since it enables the holder to shift his own errors on dependents, and to take their merits to himself. But the miracle of losing it vanishes, when we reflect that we are as liable to fall as to rise, by the treachery of others; and that to say "I am" is language that has been appropriated exclusively to God!”

Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

“I imagine you already know that I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic. And yet I am not so opposed to capitalism that I have failed to see its relative merits. It started out with a noble and high motive, to block the trade monopolies of nobles, but like most human systems it falls victim to the very thing it was revolting against. So today capitalism has outlived its usefulness. It has brought about a system that takes necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes.”

Knows Giving Humans Today Fall Class Imagine Economic Theory Mass Capitalism Victim Trade Noble Block Luxury Merit Motive Relative Monopoly Usefulness Economic Theory

Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.