“I think that the influence towards suppression of minority views - towards orthodoxy in thinking about public issues - has been more subconscious than unconscious, stemming to a very great extent from the tendency of Americans to conform...not to deviate or depart from an orthodox point of view.” ThinkingHas BeensJusticeViewsIssuesInfluencePoint Of ViewTendenciesUnconsciousMinoritiesOrthodoxSubconsciousConformOrthodoxySuppressionDeviate Author:William O. Douglas
“If today there is a proper American "sphere of influence" it is this fragile sphere called earth upon which all men live and share a common fate--a sphere where our influence must be for peace and justice.” IfsMenTodayEarthJusticeCommonFateShareInfluenceFragileSpheresPeace And JusticeSphere Of Influence Author:Hubert H. Humphrey
“Great is the issue at stake, greater than appears, whether a man is to be good or bad. And what will any one be profited if, under the influence of money or power, he neglect justice and virtue?” IfsMenJusticeVirtueIssuesGreaterInfluenceBe GoodNeglectStakes Book:Six Great Dialogues: Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus, Symposium, The Republic Source: Six Great Dialogues: Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus, Symposium, The Republic
“Empower me to be a bold participant, rather than a timid saint in waiting, in the difficult ordinariness of now; to exercise the authority of honesty, rather than to defer to power, or deceive to get it; to influence someone for justice, rather than impress anyone for gain and, by grace, to find treasures of joy, of friendship, of peace hidden in the fields of the daily you give me to plow.” GivingJoyWaitingDifficultJusticeGraceInfluenceHonestyFieldsExerciseAuthorityGainsGive MeSaintTreasureEmpoweringDeceivingImpressParticipantsOrdinariness Author:Ted Loder
“Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in the Courts of Justice? And let us with caution indulge the opposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that National morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.” IfsMindMayReasonReligiousJusticePrinciplesInfluenceSecurityMoralityInstrumentsCourtStructurePropertyObligationReputationDesertOppositionPeculiarInvestigationCautionIndulgeOathRefinedExclusionFounding Fathers ReligionFounding Fathers ReligiousFounding AmericaMorality And ReligionConcededChristian Morality Author:George Washington
“It is not up to us to particularize, but rather to deduce that the concepts of human rights originated from the divine influence because, as far as we are concerned, we are compelled to recognize our slow individual evolution from fierce selfishness toward a universal love, from the iniquity toward true justice.” HumansIndividualJusticeRightsInfluenceDivineEvolutionConceptsConcernedUniversalHuman RightsSelfishnessFierceCompelledIniquityUniversal LoveTrue Justice Author:Chico Xavier
“I think that Eleanor Roosevelt really learned about the limits of power and influence from Arthurdale. She could not make some things happen. And she particularly learned that she could not, just because she was nominally in charge, she could not change people's hearts and minds; that a very long process of education would result before race was on the national agenda. And it really did move her into the racial justice arena with both feet. She came out fighting.” PeopleThinkingMindHeartLongHappensMovingFightingProcessJusticeResultsRaceFeetInfluenceLimitsThings HappenAgendasHeart And MindArenaEleanorRacial Justice Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“Law is justice. And it is under the law of justice - under the reign of right; under the influence of liberty, safety, stability, and responsibility - that every person will attain his real worth and the true dignity of his being. It is only under this law of justice that mankind will achieve - slowly, no doubt, but certainly - God's design for the orderly and peaceful progress of humanity.” PersonsRealLawHumanityPeaceJusticeResponsibilityLibertyDoubtProgressInfluenceAchieveMankindDesignDignitySafetyPeacefulNo DoubtStabilityReignOrderly Author:Frederic Bastiat