"The really difficult moral issues arise, not from a confrontation of good and evil, but from a collision between two goods"

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Source : Irving Kristol (1983). “Reflections of a neoconservative: looking back, looking ahead”, Basic Books (AZ)

Irving Kristol

#Two Quotes #Issues Quotes #Evil Quotes

“People shout out for songs and I don't even remember writing them.”
“Living a connected life ultimately is about setting boundaries, spending less time and energy hustling and winning over people who don't matter, and seeing the value of working on cultivating connection with family and close friends.”
“It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.”
“All the people that still believed in me, after seven years - it's a long time.”
“I never met a rich man who was happy, but I have only very occasionally met a poor man who did not want to become a rich man.”
“All of us have a path to follow and the path begins on earth.”
“There is a big misconception about arranged marriage. Yes, it can mean that you meet someone and then have to marry them, but this was my mother saying, 'I'm going to introduce you to so-and-so - If you don't like them, fair enough.”
“Everything runs its course. We had told a lot of stories that happened in our life. My kid was getting older, and we were running out of stories to tell.”

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