"As a nation, we must choose between..." - Quote by Ronald Reagan
As a nation, we must choose between the sanctity of life ethic and the quality of life ethic. I have no trouble identifying the answer our nation has always given to this basic question, and the answer that I hope and pray it will give in the future.
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“I want to sleep for eternity with a broad smile on my face. I want those who remain behind to say this man has done his duty.”
“If you don't keep pushing the limits, you wake up one day and you're the "center square to block."”
“Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.”
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“A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.”
“Strength and strength's will are the supreme ethic. All else are dreams from hospital beds, the sly, crawling goodness of sneaking souls.”
“In reality, moral rules are directions for running the human machine. Every moral rule is there to prevent a breakdown, or a strain, or a friction, in the running of that machine. That is why these rules at first seem to be constantly interfering with our natural inclinations.”