Logo
A striking feature of moral and political argument in the modern w

A striking feature of moral and political argument in the modern world is the extent to which it is innovators, radicals, and revolutionaries who revive old doctrines, while their conservative and reactionary opponents are the inventors of new ones. – Alasdair Chalmers Macintyre

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Principles
category

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages. – Henry Ward Beecher

Category:
Principles

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help. – G. W. F. Hegel

Category:
Principles

The highest principles for our aspirations and judgments are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition. – Albert Einstein

Category:
Principles

In matters of principals, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current. – Thomas Jefferson

Category:
Principles

Random Quotes

Curiosity is little more than another name for Hope. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

Category:
Curiosity

I have a vision thats about technology that empowers consumers over institutions. – Michael K. Powell

Category:
Technology

When Im off the road, my husband and I recharge our batteries. Its a day of deep rest and connection with the spiritual, and that can be anything – going for a walk in nature, being in silence, burning incense. – Alanis Morissette

Category:
Nature

What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of his being, he cannot be consistent if he stick in a rut. – Mark Twain

Category:
Consistency