“Political reporters and political professionals rushed to judgment against Romney because we crave clear, unambiguous story lines.” StoriesPoliticalLinesClearJudgmentReportersCraveRomney Author:Ron Fournier
“The plea of good intentions is not one that can be allowed to have much weight in passing historical judgment upon a man whose wrong-headedness and distorted way of looking at things produced, or helped to produce, such incalculable evil; there is a wide political applicability in the remark attributed to a famous Texan, to the effect that he might, in the end, pardon a man who shot him on purpose, but that he would surely never forgive one who did so accidentally.” MenWayEndsMightPoliticalPurposeEvilEffectsProduceJudgmentShotsWeightForgivingHistoricalIntentionWidePassingPassingsRemarksPardonGood IntentionsTexanNever Forgive Book:Thomas H. Benton Source: Thomas H. Benton
“Make no mistake about it: the labeling of someone's language as 'sexist' involves a political judgment and implies the desirability of a particular sociological doctrine. One may be in favor of that doctrine (as I believe I am) but it is quite another matter to force writers by edicts and censorship into accepting it.” BelieveMayMatterPoliticalLanguageForceI BelieveMistakeAcceptingParticularSpeechJudgmentFavorsDoctrineCensorshipSexistLabelingSociologicalDesirability Author:Neil Postman
“As Iraqi forces gain experience and the political process advances, we will be able to decrease our troop level in Iraq without losing our capability to defeat the terrorists. These decisions about troop levels will be driven by the conditions on the ground in Iraq and the good judgment of our commanders, not by artificial timetables set by politicians in Washington.” AblePoliticalForceProcessDecisionLevelsConditionsPoliticianJudgmentLosingGainsDefeatIraqDrivenTerroristCapabilityArtificialCommandersDecreaseGood JudgmentTimetables Author:George W. Bush
“If I cannot trust someone's judgment, I cannot ask others to do so, and I would not place him at the head of my political operation.” IfsPoliticalAsksJudgmentOperations Author:Chris Christie
“Self-righteousness and presumptive moral judgments pose a great danger in the political arena. To become convinced of the divine infallibility of one's personal predilections on a secular political issue is to play God, to assume to oneself the attributes of deity. It cultivates an arrogant intolerance of dissenting viewpoints and relegates one's political adversaries to the category of evil per se.” SelfPlayPoliticalEvilMoralIssuesAtheismDangerDivineJudgmentAssumingOneselfPositive AtheismConvincedRighteousnessCategoriesAttributesArrogantIntoleranceSecularArenaDeitiesAdversariesViewpointsSelf RighteousnessInfallibilityPolitical IssuesMoral Judgment Author:Jim Wright
“When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown.” PeoplePoliticalReligionAtheismJudgmentToolsSeedsManipulation Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“I suffer the anthropological malady diagnosed by Le vi- Strauss inTristes tropiques: I find it much more difficult to suspend value judgments about the society in which I normally reside than I do abroad. It takes physical and cultural distance to gain moral detachment and political noncommitment. Relativism implies a solid measure of indifference.” PoliticalSufferingValuesDifficultMoralJudgmentGainsDistanceIndifferenceDetachmentRelativismMalady Author:Pierre L. van den Berghe