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"In a situation where many national leaders do the same thing and look out for national interests, and with an issue like global warming, you're likely to get no solution, so I think you have to have some kind of ethical trump on some of those issues."
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"It's easy to talk big, but the important thing is whether or not you clean up the shit."
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"Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized."
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"It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."
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"Morality is contraband in war."
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"HIGGINS. Have you no morals, man?DOOLITTLE [unabashed] Cant afford them, Governor. Neither could you if you was as poor as me."
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"In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so."
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"Self-preservation isn't worth it if you can't live with the self you're preserving."
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"It isn't about being fair and equal. It's about the difference between right and wrong." He stared out at the bloody Elinarch. "And this was wrong."
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"Relish what is good and expedient."
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"When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon."
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"I don't think nationalism is alone holding the field; it's in contention with a lot of different things."
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"More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency."
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"In a situation where many national leaders do the same thing and look out for national interests, and with an issue like global warming, you're likely to get no solution, so I think you have to have some kind of ethical trump on some of those issues."
Ethics
"In the sense that you're not at the centre of power, like a president or prime minister of a major power, everyone is marginalised; my position doesn't isn't unique in that respect. I think there are different sorts of relevance in different contexts."
Power
"Had Rumsfeld said at any time 'get me a report on what's going on', he could have had it. You're right, it depends on choices that we make, which parts of the world we want to be in immediate contact with."
Time
"It's also much clearer how much damage the occupation of Iraq is doing to America's reputation and prestige around the world; and that's just starting now to hit home in the United States."
Home
"I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in Europe, I think; but I still think nationalism is real."
Nationalism
"It means that, in fact, it's - whether fascist is the right word I don't know - more of a plutocracy than anything resembling a democracy; it has become a nation controlled by a very small, very wealthy elite."
Democracy
"All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals."
Animals
"I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some way you can think of to improve it. Otherwise, don't bother writing a book; go and find a tropical island and lie in the sun."
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