Background Image
The moral difference between a soldier and a civilian is that the soldier accepts personal responsibility for the safety of the body politic of which he is a member. the civilian does not.
-Robert A. Heinlein
Please Wait....
Translating....

The Moral Difference Between A Soldier And

Robert A. Heinlein
The moral difference between a soldier and a civilian is that the soldier accepts personal responsibility for the safety of the body politic of which he is a member. the civilian does not.
Views: 3
Cite this Page
Prevent plagiarism by providing proper attribution.
APA FORMAT
Embed this Quote
Copy this HTML code to embed the quote on your website or blog.
HTML CODE
Topic
Responsibility Differences Safety

More From Robert A. Heinlein

"judge not, that ye be not judge"... is an abdication of moral responsibility: it is a moral blank check one gives to others in exchange for a moral blank check one expects for oneself. there is no escape from the fact that men have to make choices; so long as men have to make choices, there is no escape from moral values; so long as moral values are at stake, no moral neutrality is possible. to abstain from condemning a torturer, is to become an accesory to the torture and murder of his victims. the moral principle to adopt... is: "judge, and be prepared to be judged."
Fear Responsibility Men
The best lesson that any people can learn is that there is no patent cure-all which will make the body politic perfect, and that any man who is able glibly to answer every question as to how to deal with the evils of the body politic is at best a foolish visionary and at worst an evil-minded quack.
Men People Evil
There is one unalterable difference between a soldier and a civilian: the civilian never does more than he is paid to do.
Differences Soldier Doe
If i have one message to give to the secular american people, it's that the world is not divided into countries. the world is not divided between east and west. you are american, i am iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. the difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. and the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. and our governments are very much the same.
Country Government Differences
If the theatre has taught me anything, it's that when things change in the body, in the body politic, in the body of the world, in the body of the earth, in the body of the person, there's change. you never go back.
Theatre World Body
I have neither the scholar's melancholy, which is emulation; nor the musician's, which is fantastical; nor the courtier's, which is proud; not the soldier's which is ambitious; nor the lawyer's, which is politic; nor the lady's, which is nice; nor the lover's, which is all these: but it is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many simples, extracted from many objects, and indeed the sundry contemplation of my travels, which, by often rumination, wraps me in a most humorous sadness.
Nice Humorous Sadness
Similar Quotes
I like manchester, birmingham. i really find this place very nice. loved australia. i thought that was awesome.
Nice Australia Birmingham
I've got different ideas of complete happiness. but one is being by myself out in a forest, completely happy. another is walking with a dog in some nice place. and three is sitting around preferably a fire, but not necessarily, and drinking red wine with friends and telling stories.
Dog Nice Drinking
The idea of forever is kind of ridiculous, which is unfortunate because its kind of a nice thing to say, you know. i think it softens the blow of mortality and having to say goodbye to everything you know and everyone you love and all that kind of thing.
Goodbye Nice Thinking
I just think she was a wonderful woman. what i think of when i think of nina [simone] is someone that i could relate to, who didn't want anything from me, that could relate to me because i didn't want anything from her. it was nice.
Nice Thinking Want

Trending Author

Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera
Katherine Heigl
Katherine Heigl
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Bianca Jagger
Bianca Jagger
Category
Information
Inspirational
Philosophy
Personal Growth
Happiness & Joy
Life Lessons
Success & Business
Motivation