“The whole conflict thus boils down to a question of degree. We of the minority see a law of diminishing returns in progress; our opponents do not.” WholeLawProgressReturnConflictDegreesOpponentsMinoritiesDiminishing Returns Book:A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There Source: A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There
“Since my moral system rests on my accepted version of the facts, he who denies my moral judgments or my version of the facts, is to me perverse, alien, dangerous. How shall I account for him? The opponent has always to be explained, and the last explanation that we ever look for is that he sees a different set of facts. Such an explanation we avoid, because it saps the very foundation of our own assurance that we have seen life steadily and seen it whole.” LooksDifferentWholeFactsLastsMoralDangerousJudgmentAccountsFoundationDenyAcceptedVersionsAliensExplanationOpponentsAssuranceSapMoral Judgment Book:Public Opinion Source: Public Opinion