“If these precedents are to stand unimpeached, and to provide sanctions for the continued conduct of America affairs-the Constitution may be nullified by the President and officers who have taken the oath and are under moral obligation to uphold it....they may substitute personal and arbitrary government-the first principle of the totalitarian system against which it has been alleged that World War II was waged-while giving lip service to the principle of constitutional government.” IfsWorldGivingFirstsMayHas BeensWarGovernmentAmericaPresidentMoralPrinciplesTakenConstitutionAffairLipsObligationWar Of The WorldsSubstitutesOfficersWorld War IiWorld War IArbitraryOathSanctionsPrecedentMoral ObligationLip ServiceConstitutional Government Author:Charles A. Beard
“To engage in war is always to pick a wild card. And war must always be a last resort, not a first choice. I truly must question the judgment of any president who can say that a massive unprovoked military attack on a nation which is over 50 percent children is ‘in the highest moral traditions of our country.'” FirstsChildrenWarCountryLastsChoicesNationsPeacePresidentMoralMilitaryJudgmentHighestPicksPercentTraditionCardsOur CountryFiftyMassiveResorts Author:Robert Byrd
“While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in the presence of his large financial contributors, he is a moral coward.” RealPresidentMoralTruth IsProjectsFinancialLikesCowardPresident BushContributorsReal Truth Author:Al Gore
“Bill Clinton was not a symbol. People did not invest in him their idea of what America should be or, worse, their pride in what they thought America had become. There was no great moral self-congratulation in having elected a president from Arkansas.” PeopleShouldIdeasSelfAmericaPresidentMoralPrideBillsClintonSymbolsCongratulationsArkansas Author:Charlie Pierce
“John Adams, second president of the United States, wrote that our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. George Washington warned us never to indulge the supposition 'that morality can be maintained without religion.'” PeopleMadeStatesPresidentReligiousUnitedMoralUnited StatesMoralityConstitutionScaryIndulgeSupposition Author:Joe Lieberman
“The kind of president we need has little to do with ideology and more to do with a willingness to wield power to moral ends.” NeedsKindLittlesEndsPresidentMoralIdeologyWillingness Book:The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going Source: The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going
“[The American public demands] a sense of legitimacy from and in the presidency. There is more to this than dignity, more than propriety. The president is expected to personify our betterness in an inspiring way, to express in what he does and is, not just what he says, a moral idealism which, in much of the public mind, is the very opposite of politics.” WayMindDoePresidentMoralDemandDignityOppositesExpectedIdealismPresidencyLegitimacyPropriety Author:James David Barber
“Today there are a lot places where people say they're just hopeless. If I can come from a hopeless country, get an education, become a hyphenated American and become president of the World Bank, it's my moral duty to make sure that every single person on the planet has that opportunity.” PeopleIfsWorldPersonsI CanCountryTodayOpportunityPresidentMoralPlanetsDutyHopelessSingle PersonMoral DutyWorld Bank Author:Jim Yong Kim
“America has lost the moral high ground with the rest of the world, and we have fewer allies as a result. President Bush and his administration have undermined the war on terror by using tactics outlawed by international treaty and condemned by even our closest friends.” WorldWarAmericaLostPresidentResultsMoralInternationalTerrorAdministrationAlliesFewerClosestTacticsPresident BushTreatiesWar On TerrorClosest FriendsHigh GroundMoral High Ground Author:John Olver
“From Ukraine to Syria, he [Vladimir Putin] is behaving like the world's new general and celebrating victories, while the American president sits on the sidelines and Europe sleeps. The West's behavior toward Putin is political and moral capitulation.” WorldUsePoliticalPresidentSleepMoralVictoryBehaviorEuropeWestCelebratePropagandaSyriaPutinUkraineFascistsSidelinesAmerican PresidentCapitulation Author:Garry Kasparov