Derek Parfit book Reasons and Persons
Source: Derek Parfit, ‘Innumerate Ethics’, Philosophy and Public Affairs, vol. 7, no. 4 (Summer, 1978), p. 301
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
Derek Parfit book Reasons and Persons
Source: Derek Parfit, ‘Innumerate Ethics’, Philosophy and Public Affairs, vol. 7, no. 4 (Summer, 1978), p. 301
“Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.”
Eric Hoffer (1898–1983) American philosopher
“We shall be judged more by what we do at home than by what we preach abroad.”
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
1963, Third State of the Union Address
Context: These are not domestic concerns alone. For upon our achievement of greater vitality and strength here at home hang our fate and future in the world: our ability to sustain and supply the security of free men and nations, our ability to command their respect for our leadership, our ability to expand our trade without threat to our balance of payments, and our ability to adjust to the changing demands of cold war competition and challenge. We shall be judged more by what we do at home than by what we preach abroad. Nothing we could do to help the developing countries would help them half as much as a booming U. S. economy. And nothing our opponents could do to encourage their own ambitions would encourage them half as much as a chronic lagging U. S. economy. These domestic tasks do not divert energy from our security — they provide the very foundation for freedom's survival and success.
“Just what God needs: one more victim.
Why do we crucify ourselves?”
Tori Amos (1963) American singer
"Crucify".
Songs
Ursula K. Le Guin book Four Ways to Forgiveness
"A Man of the People", p. 106
Four Ways to Forgiveness (1995)
Warren Farrell book The Myth of Male Power
Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part II: The Glass Cellars of the disposable sex, p. 189.
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) American artist
In notes to Anita Pollitzer, Abiquiu, New Mexico, (after February, 1968); as quoted in The Complete Correspondence of Georgia O’Keeffe & Anita Pollitzer, ed. Clive Giboire, Touchstone Books, Simon & Schuster Inc., New York, 1990, p. 324
1960s