"We are born with a potential for good character - and for the dispositions and habits that make up bad or weak character. Because we are born in ignorance of moral ideals, however, we must be instructed or trained if we are to achieve a good second nature."

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Source : Edwin J. Delattre (2011). “Character and Cops: Ethics in Policing”, p.7, Rowman & Littlefield

Edwin J Delattre

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“Democracy has at least one merit, namely that a Member of Parliament cannot be stupider than his constituents, for the more stupid he is, the more stupid they were to elect him.”
“Ireland that has wronged no man, that has injured no land, that has sought no dominion over others. Ireland is treated today among other nations of the world as if she was a convicted criminal. If it be treason to fight against such an unnatural fate as this, then I am proud to be a rebel and shall cling to my rebellion with the last drop of my blood.”

Source : Sir Roger Casement (1917). “Trial of Sir Roger Casement”, Canada Law Book
“Bob Hope was an entertainment colossus, shrewd and influential well beyond show business. Richard Zoglin's biography captures it all--the public and private Hope.”
“Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.”
“My mother was a teacher, and when she wanted to show me art and literature and science, she'd take me to museums, parks and free exhibitions.”
“I donâ€™t think television will ever be perfected until the viewer can press a button and cause whoever is on the screenâ€™s head to explode.”
“I think it's great now that we seem to be in an era where it's OK to be gay and I think that the society in North America has had more of a problem with it than any other society.”
“We learn history not in order to know how to behave or how to succeed, but to know who we are.”

Source : Leszek Kolakowski (1997). “Modernity on Endless Trial”, p.158, University of Chicago Press

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