The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.
―Julian Barnes, Flaubert’s Parrot
Tag: Righteousness
In law a man is guilty when he…
In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics, he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.
-Immanuel Kant
Ethics is knowing the difference between what you…
Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.
-Potter Stewart
Excellence is an art won by training and…
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle
You must not only aim right but draw…
You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might.
Henry David Thoreau