Getting the support of Syria is the moral equivalent of winning the Klan's endorsement - it might be useful but it doesn't necessarily speak well of you.
If power made one evil, then God would be the Devil.
If we say that anyone who "moralizes" must be perfect morally then we are in effect saying no one can moralize.
Liberty has turned into licentiousness, and tolerance for dissenters has become little more than rank relativism and nihilism. All perspectives are equally valid, which means no perspective is truly valid.
Men are disgusting and, left to their own devices, they will affront the central tenets of human decency - and laugh uproariously at it.
Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony.
The problem with the United Nations is that while democracy within nations is the best available form of government, democracy among nations can be a moral disaster -- especially if some nations are not democracies.
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