We come out of
We come out of Jewish-refugee, Holocaust stock, which means that our predecessors fled and we learned that systems of power are vulnerable to corruption and can treat the defenseless in a destructive fashion. Eugene Jarecki
Defenseless
Only a person with
Only a person with convictions has a genuine possibility to be tolerant. He who accepts no absolute values but clings to polite doubt cannot be tolerant but merely indifferent. He is morally defenseless in the face of evil. Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
The honor of a
The honor of a gentleman demands the inviolability of his word, and the incorruptibility of his principles. He is the descendent of the knight, the crusader; he is the defender of the defenseless and the champion of justice–or he is not a gentleman. Emily Post
The IRS has become
The IRS has become morally corrupted by the enormous power which we in Congress have unwisely entrusted to it. Too often it acts like a Gestapo preying upon defenseless citizens. Edward V. Long
You pass by a
You pass by a little child, you pass by, spiteful, with ugly words, with wrathful heart; you may not have noticed the child, but he has seen you, and your image, unseemly and ignoble, may remain in his defenseless heart. You don’t know it, but you may have sown an evil seed in him and … Read more
Like many people, I
Like many people, I have no religion, and I am just sitting in a small boat drifting with the tide. I live in the doubts of my duty…. I think there is dignity in this, just to go on working…. Today we stand naked, defenseless, and more alone than at any time in history. We … Read more
… social evils are
… social evils are dangerously contagious. The fixed policy of persecution and injustice against a class of women who are weak and defenseless will be necessarily hurtful to the cause of all women. Fannie Barrier Williams
He stands erect by
He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others. Douglas Horton
I grew a love
I grew a love for helpless, defenseless things. People would give me lions and jaguars. I had cheetahs, monkeys. Dick Dale
What’s missing is the
What’s missing is the testosterone. What’s missing is the fury. What’s missing is the passionate convicted commitment. And I got a lot of mine from my religious background. So y’all best stop imagining the way Dr. Zorba looked, or some defenseless Hasidic Jew with a little yarmulke on his head, ’cause that ain’t here for … Read more