“I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.” StatesGreaterExerciseOfficeAuthorityStandardsFunctionRegardLondonGuidanceEthicalSecretarySectionsEthical Standards Author:Ken Livingstone
“The only way to have real success in science, the field I'm familiar with, is to describe the evidence very carefully without regard to the way you feel it should be. If you have a theory , you must try to explain what's good and what's bad about it equally. In science, you learn a kind of standard integrity and honesty .” IfsWayFeelsShouldTryingKindRealHonestyFieldsTheoryIntegrityStandardsEvidenceRegardFamiliarHonesty And IntegrityReal Success Book:The Quotable Feynman Source: The Quotable Feynman
“Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong. However, we must not convert an inclination into an axiom that just as man's perceptions cannot operate outside time and space, so his motivations cannot operate outside expediency; that man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.” ThinkingMenMaySelfMotivationFallSpaceExistencePerceptionStandardsRegardSupremeTrapsEquationsTime And SpaceInclinationSelf CenteredAxiomsExpediency Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel
“Is it stupidity or is it moral cowardice which leads men to continue professing a creed that makes self-sacrifice a cardinal principle, while they urge the sacrificing of others, even to the death, when they trespass against us? Is it blindness, or is it an insance inconsistency, which makes them regard as most admirable the bearing of evil for the benefit of others, while they lavish admiration on those who, out of revenge, inflict great evils in return for small ones suffered? Surely our barbarian code of right needs revision, and our barbarian standard of honour should be somewhat changed.” MenNeedsShouldSelfEvilMoralPrinciplesSacrificeChangedReturnBenefitsStandardsRegardStupidityRevengeCodeUrgesAdmirationHonourCowardiceCreedsBlindnessAdmirableSelf SacrificeBarbariansCardinalsRevisionInconsistency Book:Works: The study of sociology Source: Works: The study of sociology
“The United States of course wants to follow the highest standards of conduct with regard to enemy combatants who follow the rules of war. It should and does follow the Geneva Conventions scrupulously when fighting the armed forces of other nations that have signed the Geneva Conventions or follow their principles.” WantShouldDoeWarStatesFightingCoursesForceNationsUnitedEnemyPrinciplesUnited StatesHighestStandardsRegardConventionsArmed ForcesGenevaGeneva Convention Author:John Yoo
“Once, BBC television had echoed BBC radio in being a haven for standard English pronunciation. Then regional accents came in: a democratic plus. Then slipshod usage came in: an egalitarian minus. By now slovenly grammar is even more rife on the BBC channels than on ITV. In this regard a decline can be clearly charted... If the BBC, once the guardian of the English language, has now become its most implacable enemy, let us at least be grateful when the massacre is carried out with style.” IfsLanguageEnemyStyleHavensTelevisionStandardsRegardGratefulDemocraticRadioPlusDeclineAccentsBe GratefulGrammarGuardianEnglish LanguageUsageMassacresMinusPronunciationStandard English Author:Clive James
“An unreflective passion for social justice may be one of the biggest obstacles to creating peace and prosperity in the 21st century. While there are most certainly factory owners in China whom we would rightly regard as criminal in their treatment of their workers, it is very important not to confuse these incidents with the phenomenon of globalization. It is a good thing that Wal-Mart is encouraging more humane standards in its supplier's factories.” MayImportantPassionSocialJusticeBusinessCenturyCreatingStandardsRegardSocial JusticeGood ThingsWorkersProsperityObstaclesChinaCriminalsTreatmentOwnersPhenomenonFactories21st CenturyGlobalizationHumaneIncidentsSuppliersBiggest ObstaclesCreating Peace Author:Michael Strong
“I think there's an unnatural amount of social pressure on women, particularly mothers, to conform to certain standards of behavior, particularly in regard to our children.” ThinkingChildrenMotherCertainSocialAmountBehaviorStandardsPressureRegardOur ChildrenConformUnnaturalSocial Pressure Author:Jillian Medoff
“What I do believe happens in a lot of these cases is that we somehow want to place blame on the victim for their behavior or that they brought it upon themself. As law enforcement official, you are held to a higher standard. You are expected to execute your job in that regard.” WantBelieveHappensJobsLawCasesHigherBehaviorStandardsRegardVictimBlameExpectedOfficialsLaw EnforcementEnforcementHigher Standards Author:Sharon Cooper
“Look, you are interested in trying to make sure that governments keep a clean environment, have regard for the lifestyles of indigenous peoples, and work for fair trade rules. Well, it's exactly the same for human rights - from non-discrimination to the basic rights to food, safe water, education and health care. We are talking rights not needs. There are standards that governments have signed up to - but nobody is holding them to account.” NeedsTryingHumansWellsLooksGovernmentCareWaterTalkingEnvironmentRightsSafeStandardsFairsAccountsRegardTradeCleanHuman RightsLifestyleDiscriminationHealth CareIndigenousIndigenous PeopleFair TradeBasic Rights Author:Mary Robinson
“The founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammed. As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask, is there any man greater than he?” MenHumansWellsMaySpiritualAsksGreaterGreatnessStandardsTwentiesRegardIslamEmpiresFounders Author:Alphonse de Lamartine
“After the events of last week, I'm appalled at the standard Australia seems to be willing to accept in regards to its own behaviour and the behaviour of our leaders. Accuse me of playing the gender card all you like, but I will not walk past it any more. You might consider joining me.” SeemsMightLastsPastLeadershipWalksLeaderAcceptingWeekEventsWillingStandardsRegardGenderCardsAustraliaBehaviourJoining Author:Clementine Ford
“The lowest standards of ethics of which a right-thinking man can possibly conceive is taught to the common soldier whose trade is to shoot his fellow men. In youth he may have learned the command, 'Thou shalt not kill,' but the ruler takes the boy just as he enters manhood and teaches him that his highest duty is to shoot a bullet through his neighbor's heart - and this, unmoved by passion or feeling or hatred, and without the least regard to right or wrong, but simply because his ruler gives the word.” ThinkingMenGivingHeartMayWarFeelingsPassionCommonBoysTeachYouthTaughtDutyHighestStandardsEthicsHatredRegardFellowsTradeSoldierNeighborCommandAnti WarAntiwarRulersBulletsLowestManhoodFellow ManThinking Man Author:Clarence Darrow
“With regard to freedom of expression there are basically two positions: you defend it vigorously for views you hate, or you reject it in favor of Stalinist/Fascist standards.” TwoHateViewsPositionExpressionStandardsRegardFavorsRejectsFascistsFreedom Of Expression Book:Deterring Democracy Source: Deterring Democracy