#righteousness — Public Fediverse posts
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The Emoluments Clause is a thing, unless you have #ConstitutionalDerangementSyndrome™ 🤷🏻♂️
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Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #emerson #ralphwaldoemerson #assessment #autonomy #conformity #goodness #humanity #integrity #label #liberty #manliness #mind #nonconformist #orthodoxy #questioning #righteousness #sacred #self #validation
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"The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
"the earth is full of his unfailing love."Psalm 33:5 #Bible #righteousness #justice
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Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #emerson #ralphwaldoemerson #assessment #goodness #integrity #label #liberty #mind #nonconformist #questioning #righteousness #sacred #self #validation #orthodoxy
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It is important not to confuse nationalism with mere worship of success. The nationalist does not go on the principle of simply ganging up with the strongest side. On the contrary, having picked his side, he persuades himself that it is the strongest, and is able to stick to his belief even when the facts are overwhelmingly against him. Nationalism is power-hunger tempered by self-deception. Every nationalist is capable of the most flagrant dishonesty, but he is also — since he is conscious of serving something bigger than himself — unshakably certain of being in the right.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/45922/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #ingroup #nationalism #nationalist #powerhungry #powerseeking #righteousness #selfdeceit #selfdeception #selfrighteousness #strength #takesides #takingsides #tribalism #usvsthem
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ça fait un temps que ça me gosse de ne pas trouver d'équivalent en français du mot anglais #righteousness . Perso, je proposerais #vertuosité
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
Let us therefore boldly face the life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully; resolute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word; resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve high ideals, yet to use practical methods. Above all, let us shrink from no strife, moral or physical, within or without the nation, provided we are certain that the strife is justified, for it is only through strife, through hard and dangerous endeavor, that we shall ultimately win the goal of true national greatness.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Speech (1899-04-10), “The Strenuous Life,” Hamilton Club, ChicagoMore about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #boldness #bravery #conflict #conflictavoidance #courage #endeavor #fear #greatness #hardwork #hesitation #ideals #nationalstrength #practicality #righteousness #strife #struggle #resolve
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Power always Sincerely, conscientiously, de très bon Foi, believes itself Right. Power always thinks it has a great Soul and vast Views, beyond the Comprehension of the Weak; and that it is doing God Service when it is violating all his Laws.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/27193/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #beneficence #cause #contempt #divinelaw #ego #patronizing #perspective #power #rectitude #righteousness #selfrighteousness #superiority #tyranny #vanity #virtue
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DANDIN: It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.
[J’enrage de bon cœur d’avoir tort, lorsque j’ai raison.]Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
George Dandin, or the Confounded Husband [oui le Mari confondu], Act 1, sc. 7 (1668)More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/moliere/2876/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #moliere #georgedandin #ego #error #frustration #incorrect #righteousness #selfrighteousness #wrong
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i reckon there’s a good argument to be made that a big part of the reason we’re mired in the current moral malaise is several generations of people’ve come of age cheering for scrappy frustrated heros bent on righteous justice that’s in tension with illogical and indefensible bureaucratic constraints
reckon we’re past time where a prestige show sets this shit to rights depicting public servants adhering to institutional guidelines that’re rational and fair while watching on while overly emotional and ultimately delusional wankers set about fucking things up by mistaking their feels for divine juridical insight
#culture #tv #cinema #morality #publicService #righteousness #hollywood
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Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. The more unpropitious the situation in which we demonstrate hope, the deeper that hope is. Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
Václav Havel (1936-2011) Czech playwright, essayist, dissident, politician
Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Hvížďala, ch. 5 “The Politics of Hope” (1986) [tr. Wilson (1990)]More info about this quote: wist.info/havel-vaclav/80335/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #vaclavhavel #faith #goodcause #hope #optimism #righteousness #risk #sensibility #success #threat #worthwhile #purpose #cause
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Thanks be to God, that he gave me Stubborness, when I know I am right.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1782-09-27) to Edmund JeningsMore info about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/35533/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #blessing #certainty #conviction #courage #obstinacy #righteousness #selfrighteousness #stubbornness
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...now, the teller is the #priest and the #banks are the temples
#purchase is prayer and #overtime is penitence for that one in-town family vacation, and the rights to stay alive
brutally enforced suffering is #sacrifice, and institutionalized slavery is the punishment for the "purity and #righteousness" of divine dominance
....the blood and flesh of children are offered as daily communion, and the holy grail is a 5⭐ review with a "follow, like, subscribe"
welcome to the alter of #capitalism
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We're hearing a lot about what society needs, what a church needs to do, what we need personally... Jesus happens to talk about what we need in John 5... Join me on the livestream! https://www.youtube.com/live/AMGa66JDiAQ
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When a noble deed is done, who is likely to appreciate it? They who are noble themselves.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Speech (1860-07-04), “The Last Days of John Brown,” North Elba, MassachusettsSourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #henrydavidthoreau #action #appreciation #deed #gooddeed #heroism #perspective #righteousness
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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
In a word, there is only one thing here worth the minding, and that is, to be true and just, and to show benevolence, even to the untrue and unjust.
[Ἓν ὧδε πολλοῦ ἄξιον, τὸ μετ᾿ ἀληθείας καὶ δικαιοσύνης εὐμενῆ τοῖς ψεύσταις καὶ ἀδίκοις διαβιοῦν.]Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 6, ch. 47 (6.47) (AD 161-180) [tr. Collier/Zimmern (1887)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/7834…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #benevolence #dishonesty #honesty #coexistence #false #falseness #frauds #grace #injustice #justice #kindness #liars #loveyourenemy #meaningoflife #patience #purpose #righteousness #truth #truthfulness #unjust #unrighteousness
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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson
In short, if youth is not quite right in its opinions, there is a strong probability that age is not much more so.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1878-03), “Crabbed Age and Youth,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 37Sourcing, notes: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #age #belief #differenceofopinion #error #fallibility #growingup #maturity #oldage #opinion #righteousness #youth
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Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1860-02-27), Cooper Institute, New YorkSourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/9938…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #civicduty #civilvirtue #duty #moralduty #righteousness
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The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just; it shall not deter me.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1839-12-26), “The Sub-Treasury,” Illinois House of Representatives, SpringfieldSourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/2862…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #cause #failure #futility #intimidation #perseverance #righteousness #courage
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Against all appearances the nature of things works for truth and right forever.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1860), “Worship,” The Conduct of Life, ch. 6Sourcing, notes: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #emerson #ralphwaldoemerson #inevitability #justice #morality #nature #progress #righteousness #truth #universe
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A white criminal ?
Let's be a little serious now, shall we ?
#TheGoodGuys
#CleanHands
#Righteousness
#TheChoice
#TheDemocrats
#Wakethefuckup
#Panthers
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
All men in whose character there is not an element of hardened baseness must admit the need in our public life of those qualities which we somewhat vaguely group together when we speak of “reform,” and all men of sound mind must also admit the need of efficiency.
There are, of course, men of such low moral type, or of such ingrained cynicism, that they do not believe in the possibility of making anything better, or do not care to see things better. There are also men who are slightly disordered mentally, or who are cursed with a moral twist which makes them champion reforms less from a desire to do good to others than as a kind of tribute to their own righteousness, for the sake of emphasizing their own superiority. From neither of these classes can we get any real help in the unending struggle for righteousness.
There remains the great body of the people, including the entire body of those through whom the salvation of the people must ultimately be worked out. All these men combine or seek to combine in varying degrees the quality of striving after the ideal, that is, the quality which makes men reformers, and the quality of so striving through practical methods — the quality which makes men efficient. Both qualities are absolutely essential. The absence of either makes the presence of the other worthless or worse.Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” The Century Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 2Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #cynicism #effectiveness #efficiency #idealism #practicality #pragmatism #progress #reform #righteousness #selfinterest #selfrighteousness
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@VitalisViVa
Ron seems to have the skills and equipment to solve current US shame nausea and ruin !#RighteousSnipe #SnipeForFreedom #PopThatSkullBro #Righteousness #DeusVult
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Discover the true essence of righteousness! We discuss the importance of practicing faith in private, not for show. God sees our hearts, and sincerity brings true reward. Let’s learn to focus on genuine devotion over public admiration. #Righteousness #Faith #Sincerity #SpiritualGrowth #Devotion #GodSeesYou #InnerFaith #Authenticity #PrayerHeart #GenuineLiving
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@dangillmor
So you need an armed liberation from free nations of freedom ? That's the least we can do for our fellow liberators, by all means, but are you sure ?Isn't there a sufficiently massive crowd ready for a righteous cathartic lynching ?
Some decent sniper vets eager for a last righteous accomplishment or a quick buck perhaps ?#VetsForFreedom #SnipeItAndForgetIt #Heroes #Duty #Valor #Righteousness #Holyness #HolyCleansing #DeusVult
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@mte2mwa_
The even more righteous and efficient gesture would have been to leave the theater and ask for a refund, massively.One month of that and he'll need to book anonymously, hide his slap magnet cheeks and privatize the show anywhere he goes !
#WhatAGoodIdea #fun #laugh #party #conviviality #righteousness #Vance #SlapMagnet
