An intuitive part of the American ethos is a kind of protectiveness of the public's fear. We have to remember how unique that is. As scandal-ridden as we may be, we start with a basic expectation that it's not your job in public service to use it to help your friend.
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
Surely one will not expect men to be less moral than women, nor less capable of disciplining their desires
I do not pretend that all that white men do is properly Christianized.
Another question a biblically literate reporter might have asked is, "Why are you proclaiming the Ten Commandments when you believe no one can live up to all of them?"
... the self respect of individuals ought to make them demand of their leaders conformity with an agreed-upon code of ethics and moral conduct.
Our profession is the chastest of all; even the shadow of a fault tarnishes the luster of our finest achievements.
I do believe that leaders have to be held to a higher standard, especially Christian leaders. I put myself in that camp.
Men never get free from morality, only women.
It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, 'the greatest', but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.
All men begin as good men. What they are taught as children, what is expected of them as young men, is either the armor about that goodness or the flaw that allows evil in.
Society is built upon trust.
