“Dexterity is one of the chief weapons of diplomacy; governments rely more upon the supremacy of this instrument, when in the hands of a skillful diplomatist, than in the soundness or justice of their claims.” HandsGovernmentJusticeWeaponsClaimsInstrumentsChiefsRelyDiplomacySupremacySkillfulSoundnessDexterity Author:James Ellis
“If the world is made to furnish each individual with the means of livelihood and the instruments for his growth and progress, each man has therefore the right to find in the world what is necessary for himself. The recent Council reminded us of this: "God intended the earth and all that it contains for the use of every human being and people. Thus, as all men follow justice and unite in charity, created goods should abound for them on a reasonable basis."” PeopleIfsMenWorldShouldHumansMeanMadeUseEarthPoliticsIndividualGrowthJusticeHuman BeingsEconomyProgressBasesInstrumentsCharityLiberalismReasonableGoodsCouncilLivelihood Author:Pope Paul VI
“Congress, even with its frustrations, is the greatest instrument for justice and human welfare in the world.” WorldHumansJusticeInstrumentsCongressWelfareFrustration Author:Rush D. Holt, Jr.
“We might adapt for the artist the joke about there being nothing more dangerous than instruments of war in the hands of generals. In the same way, there is nothing more dangerous than justice in the hands of judges, and a paint brush in the hands of a painter! Just think of the danger to society! But today we haven't the heart to expel the painters and poets because we no longer admit to ourselves that there is any danger in keeping them in our midst.” ThinkingWayHeartArtWarHandsMightTodayArtistJusticeDangerousHavensDangerPoetJudgingJokesInstrumentsPaintPainterMidstBrushesPaint Brushes Author:Pablo Picasso
“For in this modern world, the instruments of warfare are not solely for waging war. Far more importantly, they are the means for controlling peace. Naval officers must therefore understand not only how to fight a war, but how to use the tremendous power which they operate to sustain a world of liberty and justice, without unleashing the powerful instruments of destruction and chaos that they have at their command.” WorldMeanWarUseFightingJusticePowerfulLibertyModernDestructionInstrumentsChaosCommandOfficersWarfareNavyModern WorldNavalLiberty And JusticeWaging WarUnleashingUnited States Navy Author:Arleigh Burke
“I've always felt that singing is half technical, half taxing. You've got words, a melody, and an instrument, and you have to do justice to the words. You're just a medium for people to feel the song.” PeopleFeelsSongFeltJusticeHalfSingingInstrumentsMediumsMelody Author:D.A. Wallach
“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. Our hope for creative living lies in our ability to reestablish the spiritual needs of our lives in personal character and social justice. Without this spiritual and moral reawakening we shall destroy ourselves in the misuse of our own instruments.” MenNeedsCharacterSpiritualLyingSocialJusticeAbilityMoralCreativeOur LivesSocial JusticeInstrumentsMissilesMisguidedMisuseSpiritual PowerOutrunLiving A LiePersonal Character Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“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
“The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.” MenDifferentJusticePowerfulWallTerribleEthicsVoteInstrumentsInjusticeCivil RightsVotingMost PowerfulDestroyingFairnessBreaking DownRight To VoteElections And VotingVoting Rights ActInspirational VotingLbjVoting Day Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966