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"Then I think the sense of it being one community breaks down; but if you know instantly and respond within twenty-four hours, it's a very different sort of situation."
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"I don't think there's anything in the compromise that means that there's a clash of ethics."
Compromise
"The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was not reassured by that, but I couldn't prove that that was wrong; so we're clearer about that."
Wrong
"All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals."
Animals
"More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency."
Compromise
"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
"We see things like reciprocity which are fairly central to our view of ethics. But if you're talking about a set of worked-out rules on what we are supposed to do then, yes, it is a human product."
Ethics
"Bush doesn't present himself as a realpolitik politician."
Present
"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."
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"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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"I'm not overly alarmist about it, but I do think there are some worrying signs, like the growing accumulation of wealth by a very small proportion of the population, plus elections in the US are much more dominated by money than anywhere else calling itself a democracy."
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"The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible."
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"Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, see to the (be?) worthy of being known."
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"Being is more important than doing."
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"You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself."
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"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world."
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"Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit."
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"It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal."
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"And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness."
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"There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved."
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"The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything."
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