“We hold that the reckless disregard for human life implicit in knowingly engaging in criminal activity known to carry a grave risk of death represents a highly culpable mental state that may be taken into account in making a capital sentencing judgment not inevitable, lethal result.” HumansMayStatesPoliticsResultsKnownTakenRiskActivityJudgmentAccountsCriminalsGravesInevitableHuman LifeEngagingRecklessDisregardImplicit Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“We may not understand how the spirit works; but the effect of the spirit on the lives of men is there for all to see; and the only unanswerable argument for Christianity is a Christian life. No man can disregard a religion and a faith and a power which is able to make bad men good. . .” MenMayAbleChristianSpiritChristianityEffectsArgumentChristian LifeDisregardBad Man Author:William Barclay
“More than all, and above all, [George] Washington was master of himself. If there be one quality more than another in his character which may exercise a useful control over the men of the present hour, it is the total disregard of self when in the most elevated positions for influence and example.” IfsMenMaySelfCharacterHoursQualityInfluenceExamplePositionHe ManMastersExerciseDisregard Author:Charles Francis Adams, Sr.