Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

Quote by Irving Kristol

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You have to know one big thing and stick with it. The leaders who had...

You have to know one big thing and stick with it. The leaders who had...

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference:...

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference:...

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

No modern nation has ever constructed a foreign policy that was acceptable to its intellectuals

No modern nation has ever constructed a foreign policy that was acceptable to its intellectuals

People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can...

People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can...

The really difficult moral issues arise, not from a confrontation of good and evil, but...

The really difficult moral issues arise, not from a confrontation of good and evil, but...

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

But in the end, science does not provide the answers most of us require. Its...

But in the end, science does not provide the answers most of us require. Its...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

Misfortunes are, in morals, what bitters are in medicine: each is at first disagreeable; but...

Misfortunes are, in morals, what bitters are in medicine: each is at first disagreeable; but...

What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then...

What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then...

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

For us, to be ignored by God is a harsher punishment than to be a...

For us, to be ignored by God is a harsher punishment than to be a...

It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.

It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.

We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach...

We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach...

Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable...

Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a...