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Niger Innis Quote: “One of the crises that we…”

One of the crises that we have to deal with is a crisis of law enforcement officials that are not physically capable enough to handle without taking out the gun.

October 29, 2021 1968, American, Niger Innis, Quotes by Activists

Peter Singer Quote: “Animals, or at least those who…”

Animals, or at least those who are conscious and capable of suffering or enjoying their lives, are not things for us to use in whatever way we find convenient.

October 27, 2021 1946, Australian, July 6, Peter Singer, Quotes by Philosophers

John Rawls Quote: “Certainly it is wrong to be…”

Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case.

October 21, 2021 1921, American, February 21, John Rawls, Quotes by Educators

Louis MacNeice Quote: “I would have a poet able…”

I would have a poet able bodied, fond of talking, a reader of the newspapers, capable of pity and laughter, informed in economics, appreciative of women, involved in personal relationships, actively interested in politics, susceptible to physical impressions.

October 18, 2021 1907, British, Louis MacNeice, Quotes by Poets, September 12

Soren Kierkegaard Quote: “If I am capable of grasping…”

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe.

September 16, 2021 1813, Danish, May 5, Quotes by Philosophers, Soren Kierkegaard

Mencius Quote: “Only when a man will not…”

Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.

September 15, 2021 371 BC, Chinese, Mencius, Quotes by Philosophers

Thomas Carlyle Quote: “Culture is the process by which…”

Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being.

September 6, 2021 1795, December 4, Quotes by Philosophers, Scottish, Thomas Carlyle

Martin Van Creveld Quote: “The enemy resembles us. Therefore, he…”

The enemy resembles us. Therefore, he needs to be approached not as an assembly of ‘targets’ to be destroyed one by one; but as a living, intelligent entity capable of acting and reacting.

August 25, 2021 1946, Israeli, March 5, Martin Van Creveld, Quotes by Historians

Xun Kuang Quote: “Whether the gentleman is capable or…”

Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.

August 11, 2021 310 BC, Chinese, Quotes by Philosophers, Xun Kuang

Vladimir Lenin Quote: “Capitalists are no more capable of…”

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.

August 6, 2021 1870, April 22, Quotes by Leaders, Russian, Vladimir Lenin

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