“If anyone feels offended by my words, I would respond that I speak them with affection and with the best of intentions, quite apart from any personal interest or political ideology. My words are not those of a foe or an opponent. I am interested only in helping those who are in thrall to an individualistic, indifferent and self-centred mentality to be freed from those unworthy chains and to attain a way of living and thinking which is more humane, noble and fruitful, and which will bring dignity to their presence on this earth.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsSelfHelpingEarthPoliticalSpeakInterestDignityIntentionAffectionNobleIdeologyChainsOpponentsMentalityIndifferentOffendedFoeHumaneUnworthyPolitical IdeologyPersonal InterestIndividualistic Book:The Joy of the Gospel Source: The Joy of the Gospel
“Long ago, there was a noble word, liberal, which derives from the word free. Now a strange thing happened to that word. A man named Hitler made it a term of abuse, a matter of suspicion, because those who were not with him were against him, and liberals had no use for Hitler. And then another man named McCarthy cast the same opprobrium on the word. ... We must cherish and honor the word free or it will cease to apply to us.” MenLongMadeMatterUsePoliticalTermPartyHappenedStrangeHonorAbuseCastsNobleThings HappenCeaseMade ItCherishSuspicionLong AgoPolitical PartiesAnother ManStrange Things Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“Labor is like motherhood to most of our political leaders: a calling so fine and noble that it would be sullied by talk of vulgar, mundane things like pay.” Would BePoliticalWorkPayLeaderFineCallingLaborMotherhoodNobleVulgarMundanePolitical Leaders Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“If he's - the inference is that somehow he thinks slavery is a - is a noble institution I would - I would strongly reject that assumption - that John Ashcroft is a openminded, inclusive person.” IfsThinkingPersonsHumorPoliticalInstitutionsSlaveryNobleAssumptionRejectsPolitical HumorInference Author:George W. Bush