“I believe the United States of America must remain a standard bearer in the conduct of war. That is what makes us different from those whom we fight. That is a source of our strength. That is why I prohibited torture. That is why I ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed. And that is why I have reaffirmed America's commitment to abide by the Geneva conventions. We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend.” BelieveDifferentWarStatesAmericaFightingI BelieveLosesUnitedUnited StatesSourceStandardsCommitmentIdealsPrisonCompromiseTortureConventionsUnited States Of AmericaGenevaGuantanamoGuantanamo BayGeneva Convention Author:Barack Obama
“America has the highest standard of living of any major country in the entire world. To maintain and enhance that standard of living, America should continue to embrace those qualities which have made America great: openness and dynamism. Openness to new technologies, new ideas and new people is America's greatest source of strength.” PeopleWorldShouldMadeIdeasCountryAmericaQualityTechnologySourceMajorsHighestStandardsEmbraceOpennessNew IdeasNew TechnologyStandards Of LivingDynamismSource Of Strength Author:Alex Tabarrok
“What little recognition the idea of obligation to the public obtains in modern morality, is derived from Greek and Roman sources, not from Christian; as, even in the morality of private life, whatever exists of magnanimity, high-mindeness, personal dignity, even the sense of honour, is derived from the purely human, not the religious part of our education, and never could have grown out of a standard of ethics in which the only worth, professedly recognized, is that of obedience.” HumansLittlesIdeasChristianReligiousAtheismModernSourceHonorMoralityStandardsEthicsDignityPositive AtheismObligationRecognitionObedienceGreekPrivate LifeMagnanimityPersonal Dignity Author:John Stuart Mill
“The stream will not permanently rise higher than the main source; and the main source of national power and national greatness is found in the average citizenship of the nation. Therefore it behooves us to do our best to see that the standard of the average citizen is kept high; and the average cannot be kept high unless the standard of the leaders is very much higher.” FoundNationsLeadershipLeaderGreatnessSourceHigherCitizensStandardsAverageStreamsCitizenship Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Our sense of "open" is that the authority to make decisions about that gets distributed based on merit and understanding and participation and leadership, not solely on employment or a title or a business plan. Technical colleagues will define "open" as "open standards," "interoperable" - you can find it, search it, cut and paste it, view source, mix and match - all those things that we associate with text on the Web, that you can continue to do that with audio and video and whatever's next.” NextUnderstandingDecisionViewsCuttingPlansSourceAuthorityStandardsVideoEmploymentTitlesMeritColleaguesParticipationAssociatesBusiness PlanAudio Author:Mitchell Baker
“Whether happiness or unhappiness, freedom or slavery, in short whether good or evil results from an improved environment depends largely upon how the change has been brought about, upon the methods by which the physical results have been reached, and in what spirit and for what purpose the fruits of that change are used. Because a higher standard of living, a greater productiveness and a command over nature are not good in and of themselves does not mean that we cannot make good of them, that they cannot be a source of inner strength.” MeanDoeHas BeensUsedSpiritPurposeEvilResultsEnvironmentGreaterSourceDependsHigherStandardsMethodSlaveryFruitCommandInner StrengthUnhappinessStandards Of LivingHigher Standards Author:David Lilienthal
“Can reason be an idol? Certainly. The philosophy of rationalism puts human reason in the place of God as the source and standard of all truth.” HumansReasonPhilosophySourceStandardsIdolsRationalismHuman Reason Book:Finding Truth: 5 Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and Other God Substitutes Source: Finding Truth: 5 Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and Other God Substitutes
“We need a national renewable energy goal. Such a goal, sometimes called a renewable energy standard (RES), would spell out what percentage of our power America plans to get from renewable sources.” NeedsSometimesAmericaEnergyGoalPlansSourceStandardsSpellsPercentagesRenewable Energy Author:Van Jones
“Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.” MenMadeFunnyPoliticsAirAdviceSourceStandardsToughSettingSettingsPollutionStemEmissionsOverboardVegetationAir PollutionAir QualityHydrocarbons Author:Ronald Reagan