“[Americans know] the traditional values of Islam, devotion to faith and good works, to family and society, are in harmony with the best of American ideals.” KnowsValuesIdealsHarmonyIslamDevotionTraditionalGood WorkTraditional Values Author:William J. Clinton
“Christianity has taken the part of all the weak, the low, the botched; it has made an ideal out of antagonism to all the self preservative instincts of sound life; it has corrupted even the faculties of those natures that are intellectually most vigorous, by representing the highest intellectual values as sinful, as misleading, as full of temptation.” MadeSelfValuesSoundChristianityTakenHighestIntellectualLowsIdealsWeakInstinctTemptationFacultyMisleadVigorousRepresentingAntagonism Book:Writings of Nietzsche: Volume 1 Source: Writings of Nietzsche: Volume 1
“Morality, and the ideal of freedom which is the political expression of morality, are not the property of a given party or group, but a value that is fundamentally and universally human... No people will be truly free till all are free.” PeopleHumansPoliticalValuesGivenPartyLibertyGroupsExpressionMoralityIdealsPropertyEquality Book:Freedom: Its Meaning Source: Freedom: Its Meaning
“That is the difference we make in the world. And our own safety, our own security, depends upon our willingness to do what it takes to defend this nation and uphold the values that we stand for - timeless ideals that will endure long after those who offer only hate and destruction have been vanquished from the Earth.” WorldLongHas BeensEarthValuesHateNationsDifferencesSecurityDependsOffersIdealsDestructionSafetyEndureIslamicWillingnessTimeless Author:Barack Obama
“Life is short, and therefore, one thing being certain, death, let us take up a great ideal, and give up the whole life to it. For what is the value of life, this vegetating little low life of man? Subordinating it to one high ideal is the only value that life has.” MenLifeInspirationalGivingLittlesWholeLife IsCertainValuesOne ThingInspirational LifeGiving UpLowsIdealsWhole LifeLife Is ShortGreat IdeaValue Of LifeCertain Death Author:Swami Vivekananda
“We do not benefit from a relationship with China or any other country in which we put our values and our ideals aside.” CountryValuesBenefitsIdealsChinaMemorableOther Countries Author:Barack Obama
“We will continue to deepen our engagement using every element of American power - diplomacy, military, economic development, the power of our values and our ideals.” ValuesEconomicMilitaryDevelopmentElementsIdealsMemorableEngagementDiplomacyEconomic DevelopmentAmerican Power Author:Barack Obama
“We have the most prolonged adolescence in the history of mankind. There is no other society that requires so many years to pass before people are grown up ... Adolescence is nurtured and prolonged by educational processes and by industry that has found a bonanza in embracing the adolescent population and fortifying 'adolescent values.' This prolongation of adolescence robs the country of the population group having the most risk takers, and the highest ideals.” PeopleYearsCountryValuesFoundProcessRiskGroupsMankindYouthIndustryHighestIdealsPopulationEducationalAdolescence Book:The Ralph Nader Reader Source: The Ralph Nader Reader
“Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great.” MeanCountryCharacterValuesDemocracyIdealsCitizenshipGood CitizenGreat CharacterGood Citizenship Author:Ronald Reagan