People who put principles before people are people who hate people. They don’t much care about how well it works, just about how right it is . . . they may even like it better if it inflicts enough pain.
John Barnes, A Million Open Doors
Thursday, November 08, 2007
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Barnes quote struck me -- we call moral people "principled." How odd, especially since Barnes exactly characterizes the Pharisees and many (most?) other religious people. Unhappily, I've often been very "principled." Sad indeed.
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