Quick condemnation of all that is not ours, of views with which we disagree, of ideas that do not attract us, is the sign of a narrow mind, of an uncultivated intelligence. Bigotry is always ignorant, and the wise boy, who will become the wise man, tries to understand and to see the truth in ideas with which he does not agree.
If you condemn someone who has committed a crime to be tortured, that would be unconstitutional.
It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that we have an evil heart. This instead of being a valid apology, is the very ground of our condemnation.
A belief in God helps provide a foundation to arbitrate our decisions. Without this foundation, we are condemned to live essentially formless lives.
Almost every time I make a building, some people will condemn it straight to Hell.
Sometimes I'm asked by kids why I condemn marijuana when I haven't tried it. The greatest obstetricians in the world have never been pregnant.
What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.
As for those who condemn Hef, he's done a great deal for women's lib and sexual liberation as well.
Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them.
It is time to recognise that austerity alone condemns not just Greece but the whole of Europe to the probability of a painful and protracted era of little or no economic growth. This would be a tragedy not just for Greece and for Europe, but for the world.
