“Next to the ministry I know of no more noble profession than the law. The object aimed at is justice, equal and exact, and if it does not reach that end at once it is because the stream is diverted by selfishness or checked by ignorance. Its principles ennoble and its practice elevates.” IfsKnowsDoeEndsLawNextJusticePrinciplesPracticeObjectsIgnoranceEqualNobleProfessionSelfishnessStreamsMinistryNoble Profession Book:The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan Source: The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan
“Government began in tyranny and force, began in the feudalism of the soldier and bigotry of the priest; and the ideas of justice and humanity have been fighting their way, like a thunderstorm, against the organized selfishness of human nature.” WayHumansHas BeensIdeasGovernmentHumanityFightingForceJusticeHuman NatureSoldierTyrannySelfishnessOrganizedPriestsBigotryThunderstormFeudalism Book:Speeches, Lectures, and Letters Source: Speeches, Lectures, and Letters
“Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism.” MeanUnderstandingJusticePrideWeaknessGenerositySelfishnessBullyingIntoleranceEgotismIrresponsibleFirmnessHarshness Author:Omar N. Bradley
“Excessive competitiveness, anxiety, hostility, suspiciousness, all originate in the nursery years. That is why, if we want a world of peace and not violence, love and not hate, cooperation and not murder, justice and not selfishness, we have to learn how to make childhood more happy. No nobler task could be pursued by our generation.” IfsWorldWantYearsHateJusticeViolenceGenerationsChildhoodAnxietyTasksMurderSelfishnessCooperationHostilityPursuedNurseryOur GenerationCompetitiveness Author:Joshua L. Liebman
“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