Watchword for the Roman Republic (1849)
“Hate divides the personality and love in an amazing and inexorable way unites it.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
1950s, Loving Your Enemies (Christmas 1957)
Context: Modern psychology recognizes what Jesus taught centuries ago: Hate divides the personality and love in an amazing and inexorable way unites it.
Jon Elster (1940) Norwegian academic
Reason and Rationality (2009)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
1950s, Loving Your Enemies (Christmas 1957)
Helen Keller book Optimism
Optimism (1903)
Context: The highest result of education is tolerance. Long ago men fought and died for their faith; but it took ages to teach them the other kind of courage, — the courage to recognize the faiths of their brethren and their rights of conscience. Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.
Robert Atkyns (judge) (1621–1710) Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer and Speaker of the House of Lords
11 How. St. Tr. 1206.
Trial of Sir Edward Hales (1686)
Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
Bk I, Ch II
The Ethics Of Aristotle (Vol. I)
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948) Founder and 1st Governor General of Pakistan
Address to the Constituent Assembly (1947)
Context: I shall always be guided by the principles of justice and fairplay without any, as is put in the political language, prejudice or ill-will, in other words, partiality or favouritism. My guiding principle will be justice and complete impartiality, and I am sure that with your support and co-operation, I can look forward to Pakistan becoming one of the greatest nations of the world.
James W. Prescott (1930) American psychologist
"Before Ethics and Morality" (1972)
