"I don't think there's anything in the compromise that means that there's a clash of ethics."

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"I don't think there's anything in the compromise that means that there's a clash of ethics."

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"I don't think there's anything in the compromise that means that there's a clash of ethics."

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"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."

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"All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals."

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"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."

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"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."

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"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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"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."

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"I'm a Utilitarian, so I don't see the rule against lying as absolute; it's always subject to some overriding utility which may prevent its exercise."

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"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."

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"I suppose what's happened recently has confirmed suspicions I voiced in the book, and I think made clearer some of those things that I point out. For instance I have a section of the book where I talk about the possibility of torture."

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"I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent."

Christopher Isherwood, American Author

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"You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise."

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"If you ask me to compromise on principle, I will get out the veto pen."

Bill Owens, American Politician

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"Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

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"I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more."

Claire McCaskill, American Politician

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"A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'"

Barack Obama, American President

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"We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum."

Aiden Wilson Tozer, American Clergyman

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"A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice."

Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Leader

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