“My mind was by no means easy about the need to carry out a clandestine action in the sovereign territory of a friendly country, and the question of whether it was permissible to do so — from both the ethical and political points of view — had to be faced in all its gravity.” NeedsMindMeanCountryActionPoliticalEasyViewsPoint Of ViewFriendlyEthicalTerritoryGravitySovereignClandestine Book:the house on garibaldi street Source: the house on garibaldi street
“It cannot be denied that Islam, regarded as an ethical ideal plus a certain kind of polity - by which expression I mean a social structure regulated by a legal system and animated by a specific ethical ideal - has been the chief formative factor in the life-history of the Muslims of India. It has furnished those basic emotions and loyalties which gradually unify scattered individuals and groups, and finally transform them into a well-defined people, possessing a moral consciousness of their own.” PeopleWellsKindMeanHas BeensCertainIndividualSocialEmotionConsciousnessMoralGroupsExpressionIdealsIndiaStructureIslamLoyaltyFactorsDefinedChiefsPlusEthicalDeniedAnimatedPossessingLegal SystemSocial Structure Book:Speeches, Writings, and Statements of Iqbal Source: Speeches, Writings, and Statements of Iqbal
“The ethical regime [of the Jews] was quite definitely Ptolemaic, revolving around the small group of Jews, not the larger Gentile group and, accordingly, they learned to remain unimpressed by Gentile temporal power. Being unimpressed did not mean being unafraid material power might beat or starve one to death; it did mean refusing to surrender moral hegemony to the majority merely because it had power.” MeanMightMoralGroupsMaterialsBeatsMajorityJewSurrenderEthicalRegimesSmall GroupsUnafraidHegemonyGentilesRevolving Author:David Riesman