“The principle of neutrality ... has increasingly become an obsolete conception, and, except under very special circumstances, it is an immoral and shortsighted conception.” PrinciplesSpecialCircumstancesCommitmentConceptionImmoralObsoleteNeutrality Author:John Foster Dulles
“Our commitment to this founding principle is especially relevant today. Americans are united as rarely before in compassion and generosity for our fellow citizens whose lives have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The powerful winds and floodwater of Katrina tore away the mask that has hidden from public view the many Americans who are left out and left behind.” Has BeensTodayLeftUnitedViewsPowerfulBehindsCompassionPrinciplesWindCitizensCommitmentFellowsGenerosityMaskRelevantFoundingLeft BehindHurricanesLeft OutDevastatedKatrinaHurricane Katrina Author:Edward Kennedy
“Business can constitute an enormous force for goodness in society. Through its commitments to corporate citizenship and to the principles of the UNGC, the global business community can continue to create and deliver value to society.” ValuesForceCommunityPrinciplesGoodnessCommitmentEnormousCorporateCitizenshipGlobal Business Author:Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
“The overriding need is "to develop a new Planetary Humanism" that will seek to preserve human rights and enhance human freedom and dignity and will emphasize our commitment "to humanity as a whole." The underlying ethical principle "is the need to respect the dignity and worth of all persons in the world community." Thinkers as diverse as Peter Singer and Hans Küng also emphasize the need for a new global ethic beyond nationalistic, racial, religious, and ethnic chauvinism.” WorldNeedsHumansPersonsWholeHumanityCommunityReligiousPrinciplesRightsAtheismEthicsCommitmentDignityHuman RightsHumanismPositive AtheismSingersPreservesEthicalThinkerPeterDiverseHuman FreedomChauvinismNationalisticEthical Principles Author:Paul Kurtz
“I don't think polarization is some kind of grand distraction. It's real. People have different commitments, believe in different things and principles, different visions of the good life ... but there is also a degree to which all the really big, successful reform movements in the country had extremely bizarre ideological coalitions.” PeopleThinkingBelieveKindDifferentRealCountryBigsVisionPrinciplesSuccessfulMovementDegreesCommitmentReformDifferent ThingsGood LifeDistractionBizarreIdeologicalCoalitionsPolarizationReform Movements Author:Chris Hayes
“Of all ennobling sentiments, patriotism may be the most easily manipulated. On the one hand, it gives powerful expression to what is best in a nation's character: a commitment to principle, a willingness to sacrifice, a devotion to the community by the choice of the individual. But among its toxic fruits are intolerance, belligerence and blind obedience, perhaps because it blooms most luxuriantly during times of war.” GivingMayWarCharacterHandsChoicesIndividualNationsCommunityPowerfulPrinciplesSacrificeExpressionCommitmentBlindFruitDevotionObediencePatriotismWillingnessSentimentsToxicIntoleranceBlind ObedienceWillingness To SacrificeBelligerence Author:Nancy Gibbs
“Today neither of our two parties maintains a meaningful commitment to the principle of States' Rights. The 10th Amendment is not a 'general assumption' but a rule of law. States rights mean that states have a right to act or not to act, as they see fit, in areas reserved to them.” MeanTwoStatesTodayLawPartyPrinciplesRightsFitCommitmentAreasMeaningfulAssumptionAmendmentsRule Of LawReservedStates Rights Author:Barry Goldwater
“I trust Cuba as a principled country. Cuba's strength is that it has been steadfast in its commitment to the principles of liberation, freedom, of resistance to the kind of institutionalized terrorism that the United States government does every day.” KindDoeHas BeensCountryStatesGovernmentUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesCommitmentTerrorismResistanceLiberationCubaState GovernmentSteadfastUnited States GovernmentPrincipled Author:Assata Shakur
“I suggest the greatest challenge to Christians in the business world is within - making the heart determination (simply put, the choice) to live by God's principles and sticking with it; making the commitment to serving Christ and mankind with our efforts, our gifts and our knowledge.” WorldHeartChristianChoicesChristChallengesEffortPrinciplesMankindCommitmentDeterminationLive ByServingBusiness World Author:Zig Ziglar
“Statesmen exhibit five key commitments: 1) A commitment to principles above politics; 2) An ability to compromise without abandoning principle; 3) A commitment to truth over spin; 4) A commitment to courage over cowardice; and 5) A commitment, or willingness, to give up power.” GivingPoliticalPoliticsTermAbilityPrinciplesFiveKeysGiving UpCommitmentCompromiseWillingnessCowardiceStatesmenExhibitsTerm Limits Author:Tom Coburn
“Bankruptcy represents a longstanding commitment in this country to helping people get a fresh start. This principle has never been giving only certain people a fresh start.” PeopleGivingCountryHelpingCertainPrinciplesAirCommitmentHelping PeopleBankruptcyFresh Start Author:Tim Johnson