“Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners”
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Source: Culture series, Excession (1996), Chapter 8 “Killing Time” section VII (p. 269).
“If we're always guided by other people's thoughts, what's the point in having our own?”
“Intelligence is the only moral guide.”
What Would You Substitute for the Bible as a Moral Guide? (1900)
Context: All “inspired books,” teaching that what the supernatural commands is right, and right because commanded, and that what the supernatural prohibits is wrong, and wrong because prohibited, are absurdly unphilosophic. And all “inspired books,” teaching that only those who obey the commands of the supernatural are, or can be, truly virtuous, and that unquestioning faith will be rewarded with eternal joy, are grossly immoral. Again I say: Intelligence is the only moral guide.
"First We Take Manhattan"
I'm Your Man (1988)
Portfolio for Peace (1968), p. 92
Context: Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. This, as the sages of many lands have taught us, is a golden rule in individual and group, as well as international, relations.
“In our anger and emotion, our fellow Americans must treat each other with respect”
2000s, 2001, Islam is Peace (September 2001)
Context: America counts millions of Muslims amongst our citizens, and Muslims make an incredibly valuable contribution to our country. Muslims are doctors, lawyers, law professors, members of the military, entrepreneurs, shopkeepers, moms, and dads, and they need to be treated with respect. In our anger and emotion, our fellow Americans must treat each other with respect.